Practice test maker
The best practice test is written from the lectures your exam covers, weighted the way your lecturer weights them. Use the method below on your own, or drop in your first lecture and let Quizard write the questions.
Beta-blockers. Cardioselective agents such as metoprolol and atenolol act mainly on β1 receptors. Non-selective agents such as propranolol block β1 and β2. β2 blockade in the airways can cause bronchospasm.
A patient with asthma needs a beta-blocker. Why would propranolol be a poor choice?
- It also blocks β2 receptors in the airways, which can cause bronchospasm
- It acts only on β1 receptors
- It is a cardioselective agent
We wrote this example to show the format. Your questions come from your own file.
How to use the practice test maker
- 1 Drop in your first lecture file and answer a few questions, including your exam date.
- 2 Take 5 questions from it, then add the other lectures your exam covers.
- 3 Practise every day: missed questions come back, and Pass Forecast shows how ready you are for exam day.
Step 1: write a blueprint
List the lectures or topics the exam covers and give each a share of the questions. Use what your syllabus or lecturer says first. If they say nothing, weight by teaching time: a topic that took three lectures deserves about three times the questions of one that took a single lecture.
| Topic | Lectures | Share | Questions out of 40 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cell structure | 1 | 10% | 4 |
| Membranes and transport | 2 | 20% | 8 |
| Metabolism | 3 | 30% | 12 |
| Cell signalling | 2 | 20% | 8 |
| Cell cycle | 2 | 20% | 8 |
Step 2: match the question style
Copy the format of the real exam: if it is 40 multiple choice questions and two short answers, practise exactly that. Past papers are the best guide to style and difficulty, so look for them on your course page or in the library before anything else.
Step 3: take it like the exam
Closed book, timed, in one sitting. Testing yourself this way tends to help later recall more than rereading the same material, and it shows you which topics you only thought you knew.
Step 4: spend your time on the misses
Mark every question you got wrong or guessed, go back to the slide it came from, and retest those topics a day or two later. A practice test you only score and forget is a missed chance.
How Quizard builds this for you
Add the lectures your exam covers and set the exam date. Quizard writes questions from each lecture and links them to their slides, brings back the ones you miss in a daily session, and shows which slides you have not practised yet. Pass Forecast turns your answers into an estimate of how ready you are for exam day.
Practice test maker FAQ
How many questions should a practice test have?
Match the real exam. If you do not know the length, aim for at least one question for every slide or topic that could be examined, weighted by how much teaching time each topic got.
When should I take a practice test?
Take a first one a week or two before the exam to find your gaps while there is time to fix them, and a second one a few days before to check the fixes worked.
Is the practice test maker free?
The blueprint and method on this page are free for anyone. In Quizard your first quiz is free with no account, and the free plan then writes questions from 50 pages a month.
Can I make a practice test from several PDFs?
Yes. Start with one, then add every lecture your exam covers to the same course, and your practice draws on all of them.
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