- How do I build my own test?
- Go to Create a test. Choose which pools to draw from — unused, learning, reviewing, mastered or bookmarked — then narrow by subject, question style, difficulty or client-needs category. Every filter shows how many questions match, so you can see the pool shrink as you narrow it.
- What do unused, learning, reviewing and mastered mean?
- They track your history with each question. Unused means you have never seen it. Learning and reviewing sit between, based on whether you got it right and how recently. Mastered means you have answered it correctly enough times to retire it from routine practice.
- Should I use tutor mode?
- Tutor mode shows the explanation immediately after each answer, which is better while you are still learning a topic. Turn it off and add a time limit when you want to rehearse exam conditions.
- How long should I spend per question?
- The real exam averages about 90 seconds an item, which is the default when you turn timing on. You can set anything between 30 and 300 seconds while you build the test.
- How are my answers scored?
- Most questions are all-or-nothing. Select-all-that-apply questions use plus/minus scoring: each correct box earns a point and each incorrect one loses a point, with the item floored at zero so a wrong guess cannot take you below nothing. Some newer question types award partial credit per element.
- What is a readiness exam?
- A fixed 100-question form built to the NCLEX blueprint rather than to your filters, so every student sits the same paper. Your result feeds a chance-of-passing estimate. Because the form is fixed, it is the fairest comparison you have.
