90 minutes for a 100 question exam!

verene, MSN · Dec 15, 2016

I suggest if the class is panicking that you all contact the instructor for more information about the feasibility of this exam. I'm assuming that the professor has written the exam such that it can be completed in the allotted time frame. 100 questions in 90 minutes, doesn't seem outrageous for a multiple choice exam.

caliotter3 · Dec 15, 2016

Sounds like they want to separate the men from the boys.

Kuriin, BSN, RN · Dec 15, 2016

We had to do this in our pediatric class for one of our exams. It was more questions than time given and I don't think I got any of them wrong. The teacher is try to get you (the students) to choose one answer and stick to it instead of going back and changing your answer. It was one of the BEST exams I have ever gone through to prepare for the NCLEX.

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Dec 15, 2016

Seems about right if all items are 'forced selection' - multiple choice, T-F, drag & drop, etc.... if there are any essay-type items, this would be stretching it.

ItsThatJenGirl, CNA · Dec 15, 2016

Our lab tests in A&P were 75 questions in 60 minutes and it was a practical exam with no word bank. It sounds like a lot in a very short period of time, but if you know your stuff, there's no reason you can't achieve it.

AliNajaCat · Dec 15, 2016

Hey, OP, newsflash: This is college. And as a corollary: Did your grandmother ever tell you not to borrow trouble? Enough with the "freaking out." Yours is not the first set of fundies students in the history of time that ever got an exam like this. Your faculty knows what it's doing. You'll be fine.

Beaue · Dec 15, 2016

I dropped Biology class because the teacher made the rules as she went along. She gave us twenty-five minutes to do a 65 question test and some of it was filled in the blank. I gave her a bad evaluation at the end of the semester. She loved seeing students barely pass her class. She also picked favorites in her classes. She was prejudges toward Caucasians but didn't report her because getting the proof and proving the facts are not easy. I changed classes and forgot about her. I rated her on ratemyteacher so people know to not take her.

Horseshoe, BSN, RN · Dec 16, 2016

Totally do-able. Some questions you will know the answer to immediately, so you'll cruise right through them.

Calm down. Getting all freaked out isn't going to help you at all. You'll be fine.

AlmostANurse321 · Dec 17, 2016

If it is multiple choice, it's totally doable. I study a lot and finish 75 questions in about 45 minutes.

umbdude, MSN, APRN · Dec 17, 2016

We get 1.5 minute for each question, but most of the time students don't use up all that. Some people simply don't do tests as fast as others. I'm not the slowest but I take my time and I re-check the scantron. Also, I came across several exams that are incredibly difficult that took me much longer to do each question.

Ellie.D · Dec 18, 2016

Sometimes the comments in these posts are so condescending. Is that really necessary? I have been at two levels of nursing school, and the standard at one school was 1.5 minutes per question. The other was 1 minute per question. The poster has a right to "freak out" - no need to be rude.