Level III Essay Question Details
The morning session of the Level III exam is made up of essay questions. (The afternoon section is comprised entirely of item set questions, the same format that you saw on the Level II exams.)
Types of Questions
On the morning essay section of the Level III exam, you'll see two types of questions:
- One type asks you to write your answers on the lined page(s) following the question
- The second type asks you to provide your answers in a template following the question
There are 10-15 essay questions and some questions contain a mix of these two question and answer types. Each question may have as few as one part or as many as 7-8 parts, so be sure to read and understand how to answer the entire question.
Exam Book Features
Your exam book will contain three features to help ensure you answer all parts of each question in the appropriate place:
- Page one of the exam book lists all of the questions on the exam, and the topic and minutes assigned for each question
- The heading on the page where each question begins states the number of parts in that question and the total number of minutes/points. For example: “Question 2 has two parts (A, B) for a total of 18 minutes”
- Immediately after each subpart that requires a template answer, you will find a statement with the page number of the template. For example: “Answer Question 2-B in the Template provided on page 12”
Make sure you familiarize yourself with the essay exam question formats so that you don't overlook any part of a question. Use the templates to provide your answers in an efficient manner.
To see examples, you can review the formatting of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 essay exam books.