FRACP Vault is a purpose-built, Australian question bank for the RACP Divisional Written Examination (Adult Medicine), and it is one of the closest format matches available: its mock papers mirror the real 100-question Clinical Applications and 70-question Medical Sciences structure. It is well suited to a trainee who wants exam-shaped practice and a percentile read. Its principal limitation is a headline-count discrepancy worth resolving before you pay, and — like any bank — no reach into the clinical exam.
This is a narrow child article. It does not rank "best" RACP banks or reprint price tables; for that, see the iatroX comparison hub and our RACP written-exam revision round-up. It answers one question: what does FRACP Vault actually test, and where are the blind spots?
What FRACP Vault offers for RACP Adult Medicine right now
Figures below are vendor-reported and last checked on 20 July 2026; confirm the live count and price on the product page before purchase.
| Item | What we found (vendor-reported, 20 July 2026) |
|---|---|
| Product type | Online RACP Adult Medicine question bank, Australian (fracpvault.com.au) |
| Headline question count | "2,200+ consultant-designed questions" on the homepage; "1,500+ consultant-designed RACP MCQs" on the pricing page — see discrepancy note |
| RACP components covered | Both written papers (Clinical Applications and Medical Sciences) |
| Mock exams | Three full-length timed mocks — Paper 1 (Clinical Applications) 100 questions / 3 h; Paper 2 (Medical Science) 70 questions / 2 h; one official sitting per paper, then unlimited practice re-takes |
| Scoring / benchmarking | Score and percentile ranking against other candidates |
| Explanations | Detailed explanation for each question |
| Images | ECGs, X-rays and similar where relevant |
| Analytics | Progress tracking; custom quizzes; bookmarks; cross-device sync |
| Currency | "Regularly updated in keeping with Australian guidelines and exam trends" |
| AI / adaptive / videos / flashcards / notes | Not advertised |
| Access / price (AUD) | October 2026 exam tier A$399; February 2027 exam tier A$499 ("most popular"); access runs to ~7 days after the exam date; 50 free sample questions advertised |
The discrepancy to resolve first: the homepage advertises "2,200+" questions while the pricing page states "1,500+". Plan against the lower figure and confirm the live total in your account, because a headline library and the count actually unlocked at your price point are not always the same number. The strong, unusual positive here is the mock design — three timed papers built to the exact 100/70 split with a percentile — which very few RACP banks reproduce.
The exam you are actually preparing for
The RACP DWE (Adult Medicine) is two papers: Clinical Applications (100 questions, 3 h 10 m) and Medical Sciences (70 questions, 2 h 10 m) — 170 questions total, predominantly single-best-answer MCQs (best of four) with a small extended-matching element, one mark each, no negative marking, with ten minutes' reading time per paper and images permitted. A separate Divisional Clinical Examination (long case plus short cases) follows and is graded on clinical performance. Confirm current counts and delivery mode on racp.edu.au. FRACP Vault, like iatroX, sits in the written-knowledge layer only.
Reading the count by blueprint domain, not the headline
A headline total tells you almost nothing about readiness; a per-domain breakdown does. FRACP Vault states coverage across the adult-medicine subspecialties — cardiology, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, rheumatology, endocrinology, haematology, infectious diseases and general medicine — but does not publish a public count per domain. So build the matrix yourself in your account:
| Blueprint domain | Questions attempted | First-pass accuracy | Last reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | |||
| Respiratory | |||
| Gastroenterology / hepatology | |||
| Nephrology | |||
| Neurology | |||
| Endocrinology | |||
| Rheumatology / immunology | |||
| Haematology / oncology | |||
| Infectious diseases | |||
| General & acute medicine, Medical Sciences |
A bank that is "90% complete" but leaves two domains near-untouched is not 90% ready. Use the completion-is-not-coverage method to turn the headline number into a coverage picture, and let the empty rows — not the total — drive your week.
Sample question style: recall versus application
Sample twenty items and score them on the axes that predict Clinical Applications performance:
- Recall vs application. Does the stem hand you a scenario and ask for the next investigation or management step, or does it ask you to recall a fact? Clinical Applications rewards the former; a bank skewed to recall flatters your percentage and under-prepares you.
- Stem length and realism. Real DWE stems carry clinical context — history, examination, results. One-line stems train pattern-matching, not reasoning.
- Option plausibility. Are the four options genuinely competing, or is there one obvious answer and three throwaways? Plausible distractors are where real discrimination lives.
- Image and data interpretation. Check that ECGs, imaging and lab trends appear at a realistic frequency and that the explanation teaches the read.
- Management sequencing. The paper often tests order — what first, what next — not just the single right action. Note whether the bank rehearses sequence.
Jurisdiction and recency
FRACP Vault is Australian and advertises updates in line with Australian guidelines, which is the right jurisdiction for the RACP context. Verify it rather than assume it: take a stratified sample of ten items across high-churn areas (anticoagulation, diabetes, heart failure, immunotherapy, sepsis) and check each against current Australian guidance — for example Therapeutic Guidelines and TGA product information — recording the date you reviewed. Currency is a moving target; a bank that was accurate last year can carry a superseded threshold today.
The format gap: what a Q-bank cannot do
Say it plainly: no standard question bank — FRACP Vault, iatroX or any other — can prepare you for the long-case and short-case performance of the Divisional Clinical Examination, for bedside Australian practice, or for oral reasoning under an examiner. Those demand mock clinical circuits, consultant-led feedback and spoken rehearsal. FRACP Vault's timed mocks are excellent for written pacing; they are not a clinical-exam substitute, and neither is iatroX.
Duplication and contamination
The quiet risk in any single bank is that completion becomes recognition. After two or three passes you are no longer testing knowledge; you are recalling that "this stem's answer is B." Watch for repeated concepts and near-duplicate stems, and treat a rising percentage on already-seen items with suspicion. The antidote is a second, unseen bank used purely for measurement, so your headline score reflects transfer rather than familiarity — the core of the two-Q-bank rule.
Best-fit matrix
| Role in your plan | Is FRACP Vault a strong fit? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation building | Reasonable | Consultant-designed, on-jurisdiction; confirm the live count |
| First-pass primary bank | Yes | Exam-shaped items plus format-accurate mocks |
| Second (measurement) bank | Only if it is unseen to you | If already used for learning, its re-test score is contaminated |
| Retake tool | Partly | Strong for repair; add fresh unseen items to avoid recognition |
| Final simulation | Yes | The three 100/70 timed mocks are a genuine strength |
A worked seven-day plan (one job for FRACP Vault, measurement on iatroX)
Give FRACP Vault one job — exam-shaped drilling and a mid-week mock — and use iatroX for unseen transfer measurement. No proprietary-algorithm claims: you select domains and run timed, unseen, mixed blocks manually.
| Day | FRACP Vault (one job: exam-shaped drill + mock) | iatroX (unseen measurement) |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 30 mixed items; log misses to the blueprint matrix | — |
| Tue | Re-drill Monday's weak domain, 20 items | 20-question unseen mixed timed block; record first-pass accuracy |
| Wed | 25 items across two under-tested domains | — |
| Thu | Sit one timed Paper-2-style mock section under strict timing | 20-question unseen mixed block; note weakest two domains |
| Fri | Review the mock; repair the two weakest topics | Retest those two domains, 15 unseen items each |
| Sat | Full Clinical Applications timed mock (pacing rehearsal) | — |
| Sun | Analyse the mock; update the matrix; plan next week | 30-question unseen mixed block as the week's transfer score |
Your FRACP Vault percentile is a useful cohort signal, but it is still an in-product score; the iatroX unseen block is the transfer check. Read why the two differ in "Your Q-Bank Percentage Is Not Your Exam Score".
Decision checklist: continue, supplement, switch or stop
- Continue if per-domain accuracy is climbing and the mocks are still exposing new gaps.
- Supplement with an unseen measurement bank once you have completed most of FRACP Vault, or your unseen accuracy trails your in-product percentage by more than about ten points.
- Switch only if sampling fails your recency or fidelity check — not on novelty.
- Stop adding written questions when the clinical exam is your limiting factor; move those hours to mock circuits and bedside practice.
Every branch rests on a measured gap, not sunk cost.
Bottom line
FRACP Vault is a genuinely RACP-Adult-Medicine-specific, Australian bank whose format-accurate timed mocks and percentile ranking are real strengths for the written papers. Resolve the "2,200+" versus "1,500+" count before you pay, build a per-domain matrix so the headline never hides a blind spot, and keep an unseen bank such as iatroX for transfer measurement. Neither it nor iatroX reaches the clinical exam — protect separate time for that.
Frequently asked questions
Is FRACP Vault enough for RACP Adult Medicine on its own? For the written papers it is among the more complete single products, because it pairs exam-shaped questions with three format-accurate timed mocks and a percentile, but "enough" still depends on volume and transfer. Resolve the count discrepancy, confirm every blueprint domain is genuinely covered, and add an unseen bank for measurement; and remember it does nothing for the Divisional Clinical Examination.
Which RACP Adult Medicine component does FRACP Vault not reproduce well? The clinical component — the long case and short cases — is entirely outside a written bank's scope, so oral reasoning and bedside performance are what it cannot rehearse. Within the written stage its coverage is strong; the gap is the examined clinical performance that follows the papers.
How many FRACP Vault questions should I complete per day for RACP Adult Medicine? A workable target on a clinical roster is around 30–40 questions a day with disciplined review, rising in a study-leave block, and with one timed mock section mid-week and a full mock at weekends as the exam approaches. Prioritise analysing and re-testing misses over sheer volume; corrected retrieval, not click-through, moves your score.
When should I stop using FRACP Vault and move to mixed mocks? You do not have to stop, because its mocks are mixed simulation — but the emphasis should shift to full-length timed papers once you have completed most of the bank, your per-domain accuracy has plateaued, and you are within about six weeks of the exam. Keep the item bank for targeted repair of weaknesses the mocks reveal.
How should I combine FRACP Vault with iatroX without duplicating practice? Assign distinct jobs: FRACP Vault provides exam-shaped drilling and format-accurate mocks, while iatroX supplies the unseen, timed, mixed blocks that measure transfer. Never re-run the same items across both, because the value is the unseen score; a bank you have learned on cannot also be the bank that fairly measures you.
Editorial notes and references
Written by Dr Kolawole Tytler, NHS GP and founder of iatroX. Last checked 20 July 2026. Vendor figures (question counts, prices, mock structure, features) are vendor-reported on the dates shown and change between sittings; verify the live figures on the product page before purchase. Exam-format figures are drawn from the RACP examination pages and should be re-checked for your specific sitting. Disclosure: iatroX operates a competing RACP Adult Medicine question bank; this audit confines iatroX's role to jobs FRACP Vault does not claim — unseen transfer measurement and the honest boundary at the clinical exam. Corrections are welcome via the feedback route on iatrox.com. References: RACP Divisional Written Examination; FRACP Vault product and pricing pages (fracpvault.com.au); iatroX two-Q-bank rule and "Your Q-Bank Percentage Is Not Your Exam Score".