Course Material

Written Examination

On this page you find information about the examination test Examination.

Number of credits

The Examination test is worth 3 credits. You will primarily prepare for it by completing the Laboratory Work, so you won't spend much time to "prepare for the exam" other than working on the labs.

Digital Exam

The Examination test is an Inspera exam; a digital exam you write on a school computer. More information about Inspera exams can be found on the JU page Digital Examopen in new window.

Dates/Re-examinations

The Examination test is offered in:

  • The exam period in December
  • The re-exam period in February
  • The re-exam period in August

When the date for these periods is approaching you can find more information about location and date on the JU page Exam Schedule JTHopen in new window.

Registration

As describe on the JU page Digital Examopen in new window you must register for the Inspera exam before you're allowed to write it.

Note!

You need to register for each written examination you want to attend. For example, if you want to write a re-exam, you need to register for the re-exam even if you already have registered for and written the ordinary exam.

Important!

The registrations closes ~10 days before the exam starts, so register for it as soon as possible. Also note that the registration does not open until ~1 month before the exam starts, so you can't register for it at course start.

Permitted aids

During the test, you are only allowed to use:

  • The computer you sit at to only answer the questions on this exam (you may not run any other program)
  • A dictionary to translate to/from English from/to your native language
  • Pen and paper to sketch with (does not need to be submitted)

Grades/Marking

The exam consists of questions worth 25 points in total.

  • For grade 3, 40% of max score (10 points) is required
  • For grade 4, 60% of max score (15 points) is required
  • For grade 5, 80% of max score (20 points) is required

The exam will be in English, but you may write your answers in either English or Swedish. If you write answers in Swedish, make sure to not introduce any translation confusement. Write proper sentences (spelling, upper/lower case characters, punctuation, etc.). Answers that do not do this good enough/are vague/are ununderstandable cannot receive full score on the questions.

Sample exam

You can look at the exam from 2021-02-18 to get some idea about what the questions on your exam will be.

Sample answers

After the exams, sample answers will be available here.