take an exam

基本解释

When can I take an exam?
我什么时间参加考试？
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Pictures of the Russian students from the 90s. The students are lined up to take an exam.
图为90年代的俄罗斯学生，他们在排队等候考试。
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.
如果你正在看这个，那么我们可以大胆的预料到你此刻很可能还没有考试，所以首要的事就是在考试之前想想该做些什么。

Then,after this course you take an exam.
So when I was out of school, mom sent me to take an exam, IQ exam.
这之后，我妈妈送我去做一个测试，是一个智商的测试。
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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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