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a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence
the exam will cover everything we have studied this term
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Offer to take it again or to take another exam to prove your knowledge.
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Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Jimenez Cruz worked security for Target but recently passed the NYPD’s entrance exam and was preparing to enter the Police Academy after graduating from community college.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
He was taken to an exam room and was alone with Stockin when the doctor told him to take off his pants and underwear, according to the complaint.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
There are some courses available to women via online teaching, but the female students are not allowed to take exams.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Jimenez Cruz worked security for Target but recently passed the NYPD’s entrance exam and was preparing to enter the Police Academy after graduating from community college.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
He was taken to an exam room and was alone with Stockin when the doctor told him to take off his pants and underwear, according to the complaint.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
There are some courses available to women via online teaching, but the female students are not allowed to take exams.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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