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First year biomed exams

Hello all. I wanted to ask how long the exams in 1st year are. I have my 1st exam of the year, semester 1. It’s open book mcqs and it’ll be online. Is it gonna be 50 minutes long?

Reply 1

Not sure which uni you're at but mine were typically 40-50 mcqs for an hour exam

Reply 2

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by Romaisa24
Hello all. I wanted to ask how long the exams in 1st year are. I have my 1st exam of the year, semester 1. It’s open book mcqs and it’ll be online. Is it gonna be 50 minutes long?

Wow lucky mine was not open book and was in person it was pretty easy especially some modules.

Reply 3

Can't say based on what little info given but you are typically allocated 60 seconds per question in an MCQ exam, with an extra 10(ish) minutes at the end to go over your answers. At least that's what my anatomy and physiology exam was like a few years back. =l

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