TSA Cambridge Test Preparation

The TSA is available as an online and paper based test, the colleges of the University of Cambridge decide which format of the test a candidate will take. Below are practice versions of the online and paper based tests.

Companies and individuals offering help with TSA do not have a special insight into the nature of the test. While a candidate's performance at any test will improve with some familiarisation or practice, anyone thinking of paying for such help should consider very carefully whether they would be wasting their money.

Online Practice Tests

Short test

Here are 10 questions from a previous TSA test for you to try. As you attempt each question, you will be told whether you have given the correct answer or not and why this is the case. You will then be presented with the question again. The aim of providing this feedback is to allow you to understand where you might have gone wrong and to confirm your thinking when you get the correct answer. When you have completed the 10 questions you will see a report that tells you how many questions you answered correctly on the first attempt.

Take the Short Test

Full test

Here is a full 50-question TSA test for you to try. This is indicative of the TSA used at Cambridge University, and of Section 1 of the TSA (University of Oxford) used at the University of Oxford. A time of 90 minutes is allowed, and no feedback is provided during the test. When you have completed the test you must click "Finish Test" to see a report of your score as a percentage, but you will not receive information about individual items. If you allow the test to time out you will not receive a report of your score based on the answers you have given. You will want to know what the score "means". TSA scores are not associated with grades like A-Levels, and the scores are used only for comparing candidates.

Take the Full Test