FRCOphth Part 1 · 2026/27

FRCOphth Part 1 practice questions, mapped to the syllabus

Original four-option single-best-answer questions across the College report categories: optics, pathology, anatomy, physiology, investigations, pharmacology, and the miscellaneous group. Half mocks and a full 180-question mock follow recent paper weightings. No calculator, as in the live exam.

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Built around the current Part 1 scope

Questions follow active learning outcomes: basic and clinical sciences, patient investigation (PI1–PI14 and PI16), and the Part 1 patient-management outcomes. PI15 urinalysis is not included. These are independent practice items. They are not official RCOphth questions and this site is not affiliated with the College.

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Ten free questions on orbit, globe, pathways, and embryology. No account required.

Exam-format questions

Single best answer, four options. Negative stems are used sparingly and marked clearly.

Weighted like recent papers

Optics has been the largest category, then pathology, then anatomy. Mocks use those shares as a guide, not a forecast.

Changing facts stay out of the stem

Doses, numeric driving standards, and named gene-therapy approvals are not invented in a question. Mechanisms and principles are.

Syllabus by report category

Each category is its own set of 10-question tests. Shares below are the January 2026 written report, scaled to 180 questions. Browse the syllabus to start a test.

Half mock and full mock

90 questions, or 180 across both papers. No calculator.

  • Weighted to recent report categories
  • 70% readiness target, labelled as such
  • Skip and return, as in the online exam
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Anatomy and embryology

BCS1 and BCS5

  • Orbit, globe, pathways
  • Head, neck, and vessels
  • Embryology and senescence

Optics

BCS6 and PM14 · largest recent category

  • Geometric and clinical optics
  • Hand-solvable calculations
  • Spectacle lenses

Pathology

BCS4 · pathology, microbiology, immunology

  • General and ocular pathology
  • Organisms and sterilisation
  • Immunity and grafts

Physiology

BCS2 and BCS3

  • General and ocular physiology
  • Vision
  • Biochemistry and cell biology

Investigations

PI1–PI14 and PI16

  • Principle, indication, limitation
  • Imaging, fields, biometry
  • PI15 is not examined

Pharmacology and genetics

BCS8 and BCS16

  • Mechanisms, not doses
  • Inheritance and counselling

Statistics, instruments and lasers

BCS12–BCS15, PM1, PM10

  • Biostatistics and evidence
  • Instruments and lasers
  • Visual standards in principle

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Three steps.

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Practise and review

Work a category, then a 90-question half mock, then the full 180 when the timing is the point.

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