The basics about the IB exams.

1. International Baccalaureate May 2008 Examinations

4. Entering the exam Coke notepad Redhouse dictionary pencil box lists of formulas bottled water red pens correction fluid blue or black pen electronic dictionary book bag telephone ruler candy pencils Calculator batteries iPod books sandwich erasers extra paper Which of these items are permitted in the exam room?

5. Entering the exam bottled water blue or black pen ruler pencils Calculator batteries erasers Which of these items are permitted in the exam room? 

6. Entering the exam You may not share any of these items with others during the exams. bottled water blue or black pen ruler pencils Calculator batteries erasers

11. Entering the exam Rule 6: The invigilator will decide where each candidate will sit during an examination. Candidates must comply with the decision of the invigilator and remain seated until permission is given to leave the examination room.

12. Entering the exam Biology paper 1 Math HL paper 1 Physics paper 3 English A2 French Chemistry paper 3 Mathematics SL Biology paper 2 Turkish A1 Chemistry paper 2 English B Biology paper 3 Physics paper 1 Physics paper 3 Chemistry paper 1 German For which exams are calculators permitted? Math HL paper 3

13. Entering the exam Physics paper 2 Chemistry paper 3 Mathematics SL paper 2 Biology paper 2 Chemistry paper 2 Biology paper 3 Physics paper 3 For which exams are calculators permitted? Math HL paper 3 Math HL paper 2 

18. Entering the exam Rule 8: Candidates are allowed into the examination room during the first 30 minutes after the start of an examination. The arrival time of the candidate will be recorded by the coordinator/invigilator. No additional time will be allowed for the examination.

19. Entering the exam Rule 9: After the first 30 minutes candidates will not be allowed into the examination, nor will they be permitted to take the examination at a rescheduled time.

22. During the exam Rule 10: In cases of emergency, at the discretion of the invigilator, a candidate may be allowed to leave the examniation room and return. The temporary absence of a candidate will be recorded by the invigilator.

23. During the exam Rule 11: A candidate will be supervised during a temporary absence from the examination room. There must be no communication with any person other than the person who is supervising the candidate.

26. During the exam Rule 13: During the examination, and at other times specified by the invigilator, a candidate must not communicate with any other candidate. See also Rules 14 & 15.

27. During the exam Conduct during the exams

28. Exam excerpts! Based on real questions from real students during real exams. If you don’t read the Notice to Candidates, one of your questions might appear here next year!

31. Answer: when you see this, please leave the page blank. There are no exam questions on this page. 

34. Answer: when you start a new question, start a new page. If you show your work method, even wrong answers may get some points. 

37. Ending the exam Rule 16 Candidates will not be allowed to leave the examination room during the first hour or during the last 15 minutes of any examination. If the duration of the examination is less than one hour, candidates will not be allowed to leave during the examination.

40. Exam excerpts! Based on real questions from real students during real exams. If you don’t read the Notice to Candidates, one of your questions might appear here next year! More!

43. Ending the exam Rule 16 explained: The exam lasts 1 hour 15 minutes. You may not leave during the first hour. You may not leave during the last 15 minutes. Therefore, You may not leave before the exam is ended. 

46. Ending the exam Rule 18 It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that the front page of their examination cover sheet is correctly completed prior to departure from the examination room.

49. Ending the exam Rule 19 Candidates must give all examiation papers, answer sheets, multiple choice answer sheets and rough notes to the invigilator at the end of the examination. Rough notes are not submitted for assessment.

53. The cover sheet

54. The cover sheet You must use the cover sheet to indicate which options and questions you answered.

55. The cover sheet This example shows that the candidate selected section A of the exam & answered questions 1 and 2. A 1, 2

56. The cover sheet A 1, 2 B all The candidate also selected section B, & answered all of the questions in that section.

57. The cover sheet The candidate used 4 answer sheets and 1 sheet of graph paper to write her answers. She wrote the total pages (5) attached here. This number does not include the cover sheet. 0 5 A 1, 2 B all

60. The cover sheet No early departures until 100% accuracy Among all candidates in cover sheets and answer sheets

62. After the exam String tags

63. After the exam String tags are used to attach your answers and cover sheet together. You will also use a string tag to attach extra answer sheets or graph paper to the back of a question paper.