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HPAT VIP Practice Exam — Health Professions Admissions Test
HPAT — The HPAT-Ireland (Health Professions Admissions Test) is administered by ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) for entry into undergraduate medicine, dentistry, and health science programmes at Irish universities (UCD, UCC, UL, NUIG, RCSI, TCD); the exam has three sections — Logical Reasoning & Problem Solving, Interpersonal Understanding, and Non-Verbal Reasoning — runs approximately 2 hours 30 minutes, and has no fixed pass mark, as scores are used as a competitive ranking tool alongside Leaving Certificate results.
31
Questions
150m
Time Limit
65.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 31👑 VIP
SECTION 1 — LOGICAL REASONING & PROBLEM SOLVING A rural GP clinic sees patients on a triage basis. The clinic has four appointment slots remaining today: 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 4:30 PM. Four patients call in: Mr. O'Brien (chest tightness for 3 hours, no previous cardiac history), Ms. Daly (prescription renewal for a stable chronic condition), Young Ciarán (fever of 38.2°C for one day, otherwise well), and Mrs. Flanagan (persistent cough for 6 weeks, non-smoker, no red flag symptoms). The clinic policy states that any symptom potentially indicating cardiac or respiratory emergency must receive the earliest available slot. Which allocation is most clinically appropriate?
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