The exam is based on a Blueprint that assesses your performance across two broad categories:

The MCCQE Part I is a one-day, computer-based test. You are allowed up to four hours in the morning session to complete 210 Multiple-Choice Questions. You are allowed up to 3.5 hours in the afternoon session for the Clinical Decision-Making component, which consists of 38 cases with short-menu and short-answer write-in questions.
The exam is based on a Blueprint that assesses your performance across two broad categories:
1-Dimensions of care, covering the spectrum of medical care;
2-Physician activities, reflecting a physician’s scope of practice and behaviours.
Each category has four domains, and each is assigned a specific content weighting on the exam: