take an exam

基本解释

When can I take an exam?
我什麽時間蓡加考試？
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Pictures of the Russian students from the 90s. The students are lined up to take an exam.
圖爲90年代的俄羅斯學生，他們在排隊等候考試。
If you are reading this, it's probably safe to assume that you're not taking an exam at this very moment, so the first thing to consider is what to do before you actually sit down to take an exam.
如果你正在看這個，那麽我們可以大膽的預料到你此刻很可能還沒有考試，所以首要的事就是在考試之前想想該做些什麽。

Then,after this course you take an exam.
So when I was out of school, mom sent me to take an exam, IQ exam.
這之後，我媽媽送我去做一個測試，是一個智商的測試。
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Other variations: being one credit short of the number required to graduate, missing a critical court date or having to take an exam in a course for which they never went to class.
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As an example, to earn the most popular Cisco certification, called Cisco Certified Network Associate, or CCNA, a worker must take an exam, most likely administered by Pearson, the British-based publishing and education company.
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