CeMAP 3 Mock Paper 1 — ASEW/ASSC Synoptic Assessment
The gentlest CeMAP 3 synoptic mock: first-time buyers, home movers, buy-to-let, later life, arrears and protection. Six case studies, 60 marks, two hours.
- Questions
- 60
- Minutes
- 120
- Pass (70%)
- 42/60
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Sit it timed
The timer starts when you press the button. You can still finish after it runs out — it is there to mimic exam pressure, not to lock you out.
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About CeMAP 3 Mock Paper 1
This is mock paper 1 of 8 for ASEW/ASSC, the CeMAP 3 — Assessment of Mortgage Advice Knowledge (ASEW/ASSC) unit of CeMAP. The 8 papers in this unit run easier → harder so you can build up to exam standard rather than being thrown in at the deep end. This one sits in the easier tier: the wording is clean and the wrong answers are less subtle than the ones the examiner writes, so it is the right place to find out what you actually know.
It is free to sit in full, with no account and no card, and every question is published on this page with its answer and explanation. Questions are original, written against the 2025/26 five-unit CeMAP syllabus, and cover the material the way the examiner tests it — precise recall where recall is tested, and judgement where the paper wants judgement.
Format, timing and pass mark
CeMAP 3 Mock Paper 1 follows the live ASEW/ASSC format: 6 case studies × 10 linked questions, in 120 minutes — about 120 seconds a question. Pass mark 42/60 (70%), as in the real assessment. There is no negative marking, so answer everything. 6 case studies carry linked questions: read each scenario once, carefully, before answering any part of it.
What this paper tests
The 60 questions in CeMAP 3 Mock Paper 1 break down across 6 topic areas:
- Arrears & forbearance10 questions
- Buy-to-let10 questions
- First-time buyers10 questions
- Home movers & porting10 questions
- Income & protection10 questions
- Later life lending10 questions
Reviewing rather than sitting it?
Every question in this paper is published with its answer and a written explanation on a separate page — deliberately not on this one, so the answers are not sitting under the paper while you are taking it.
All 60 questions & answers →Scored under 70%? Revise these next
A near miss is almost always a calculation you cannot do under time pressure, a definition you half-know, or a rule you have never read in the examiner's words. Start with the topic areas above where you dropped marks, then:
- →Drill the calculations on the CeMAP formula sheet — LTV, income multiples, SDLT, APRC, ERCs and rental cover, each worked through.
- →Nail the terminology in the CeMAP glossary — a surprising share of wrong answers are a term you nearly knew.
- →Re-read the syllabus coverage on the ASEW/ASSC exam guide, then sit the next paper in the ramp.
The other ASEW/ASSC mock papers
8 timed mocks for this unit, running easier → harder. Sitting the whole ramp is what moves a borderline score to a comfortable pass.