This post contains specifics and logistics for our third exam in General Histology (DDS 6214).

Start and end time

The exam is scheduled for Tuesday, October 21, and you may take it any time between 12:00 am and 11:59 pm that day. Once you open the exam you have two hours to complete the exam. All submissions must be uploaded by 11:59 pm on Tuesday in order to receive a grade.

Password

The password for the exam is YourockD1s.

Classroom availability

Our classroom will be open and available from 1:00 – 2:55 pm on Thursday, if you want to take the exam at that time in our classroom. I’d suggest that if there are several people in the the room, please try to space yourself out well so there’s no way anyone can suggest the possibility of you looking at someone else’s computer. You can, of course, take the exam anywhere you want – so take it wherever you’re most comfortable.

Content

This exam has 39 points. Here’s the full breakdown by lecture for this exam:

GI: 10 questions
Pancreas/Liver/Gallbladder: 5 questions
Respiratory system: 7 questions
Urinary system: 7 questions
Female reproductive system: 5 questions
Male reproductive system: 5 questions

All questions are multiple choice with one correct answer, and each question is worth one point. No photos or images.

One thing that I want to point out, just so they don’t trip you up: there are two questions that ask you “Which of the following DOES NOT ____” in the question stem. In general, I don’t like these questions (like: “all of the following EXCEPT”) because it’s easy to accidentally misread the question. But sometimes, it’s hard to come up with a reasonable question with reasonable answers without resorting to this method. So just a heads up.

Study resources

Please make sure to take a look at the following, which will help you focus on the material that is most important for you to know for this exam:

• Lecture objectives (at the beginning of each ppt)
• The Exam 3 review Kahoot.
• The posts I’ve listed about the content on this exam. Check out the column on the right, which lists all my posts in chronological order, starting with the most recent one. If you’re running short on time, the ones I think are probably most useful are: Summary of follicle maturation, Test your knowledge of the nephron, Respiratory tree drawings, and High-yield histology: the GI tract.

Examplify Information

You will take this exam using Examplify installed on your PC/Macintosh laptop or desktop computer. If Examplify is currently installed, it may require an update and computer restart before the exam. If it is not installed, you should download and install the most up-to-date version of Examplify before the exam.

No scratch paper is allowed during the exam – but I have enabled the digital notepad feature within Examplify, so you can use that if that helps.

Also: this is not an open-book, open-note exam – and I trust that you will adhere to the honor code and not use any outside references.

Grading

After you take the exam, you will immediately receive your raw score. Final scores will be posted to your Canvas after I’ve reviewed the exam metrics.

Finally…

If you have any questions please feel free to email me (kkrafts@umn.edu) any time.

And if you need a little hype before you take the exam, here you go. You’re welcome.