UCAT Situational Judgement Practice

Question 1

You are a medical student on placement. You notice a senior doctor consistently addresses a patient by the wrong name despite the patient gently correcting them twice. How appropriate is it for you to politely mention the correct name to the doctor privately after the consultation?

Accepted Answer

A very appropriate thing to do

Answer

Raising a respectful, private observation that protects patient dignity and helps a colleague correct a genuine oversight is a highly appropriate, professional action.

Question 2

During a busy shift, a fellow student on your placement asks you to falsify their attendance log because they left early for a personal emergency without telling the supervisor. How appropriate would it be to agree to falsify the log?

Accepted Answer

A very inappropriate thing to do

Answer

Falsifying official records is a serious breach of academic and professional integrity, regardless of the sympathetic circumstances, making it a very inappropriate action.

Question 3

You are part of a group project and one teammate has not contributed for two weeks despite reminders, risking the group's deadline. How appropriate is it to email the module coordinator directly, without first speaking to the teammate again or raising it with the whole group?

Accepted Answer

Inappropriate, but not awful

Answer

Escalating immediately to authority without exhausting reasonable internal steps (group discussion, a further direct conversation) skips proportionate, collaborative problem-solving, making it inappropriate, though not disastrous since deadlines are genuinely at risk.

Question 4

A friend studying for the UCAT asks to see the exact questions you remember from your own sitting last week so they can prepare. How important is it to refuse, explaining that sharing live exam content violates confidentiality agreements?

Accepted Answer

Very important

Answer

UCAT candidates sign non-disclosure agreements; sharing live content is a serious breach that can lead to disqualification and undermines fairness for all candidates, making refusal very important.

Question 5

You witness a classmate mocking another student's accent during a group study session. The mocked student looks visibly uncomfortable but says nothing. How appropriate is it for you to say nothing and continue the session as normal, assuming it is not your place to intervene?

Accepted Answer

A very inappropriate thing to do

Answer

Staying silent in the face of visible mistreatment of a peer fails a core professional value (respect for others and challenging poor behaviour), making inaction very inappropriate.

UCAT Practice Test

UCAT Practice Test

UCAT Situational Judgement Practice