# Practice exam in your professor's style — Gemini Notebook prompt

> You describe how your professor writes exams — question mix, favourite phrasings, emphasised topics, time pressure — and it generates a full practice paper in that exact style, with an answer key and flags on what to revise.


_Markdown version of https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/study/professor-style-practice-exam — for AI and LLM crawlers. Content is identical to the web page._

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- Category: Study & exam prep
- Goes in: Chat message

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## The prompt

```
Generate a practice exam from my course materials, matching my professor's style.

--- MY PROFESSOR'S STYLE (fill this in) ---

Question types I expect:
[e.g., "60% calculation, 30% short answer, 10% derivations"]

Favorite phrasings my professor uses:
[e.g., "calculate", "derive", "explain why", "compare and contrast"]

Topics my professor emphasizes in lectures: [list them]

Topics in the textbook my professor barely covers: [list them]

Difficulty and time pressure:
[e.g., "2-hour exam, 20 questions, partial credit given"]

Special rules: [e.g., "open book", "formula sheet allowed"]

--- GENERATE THE EXAM ---

Now generate questions using new content from my textbook and notes.

Structure:
- Match the question type mix above.
- Use my professor's phrasings word-for-word where relevant.
- Weight the questions toward emphasized topics, not textbook-only topics.
- Answer key at the end with full explanations.
- Mark high-priority topics (the ones my professor emphasizes).
- Flag any topic that I should spend more time on based on difficulty and frequency.
```

## How to use it

1. Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
2. Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
3. Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.

Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.

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