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A final examination (or final) is a test
Test (student assessment)

A test or an examination is an assessment, often administered on paper or on the Computer-adaptive testing, intended to measure the test-takers' or respondents' knowledge, skills, aptitudes, or classification in many other topics ....
 given to students at the end of a course of study or training. Although the term can be used in the context of physical training, it most often occurs in the academic world. Most high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
s, college
College

File:Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan.JPGCollege is a term most often used today to denote an education institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of collegialitys, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals....
s, and universities
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 run final exams at the end of a particular academic term
Academic term

An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called 'terms', 'semesters', academic quarter , or 'trimesters', depending on the institution and the country....
, typically a quarter or semester, or more traditionally at the end of a complete degree course.

Isolated Purpose and Common Practice
The purpose of the test is to make a final review of the topics covered and assessment of each student's knowledge of the subject
Course (education)

In U.S. education, a course is a unit of teaching that typically lasts one academic term, is led by one or more instructors , has a fixed roster of students, and gives each student a grade and academic Credit ....
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A final examination (or final) is a test
Test (student assessment)

A test or an examination is an assessment, often administered on paper or on the Computer-adaptive testing, intended to measure the test-takers' or respondents' knowledge, skills, aptitudes, or classification in many other topics ....
 given to students at the end of a course of study or training. Although the term can be used in the context of physical training, it most often occurs in the academic world. Most high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
s, college
College

File:Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan.JPGCollege is a term most often used today to denote an education institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of collegialitys, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals....
s, and universities
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 run final exams at the end of a particular academic term
Academic term

An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called 'terms', 'semesters', academic quarter , or 'trimesters', depending on the institution and the country....
, typically a quarter or semester, or more traditionally at the end of a complete degree course.

Isolated Purpose and Common Practice


The purpose of the test is to make a final review of the topics covered and assessment of each student's knowledge of the subject
Course (education)

In U.S. education, a course is a unit of teaching that typically lasts one academic term, is led by one or more instructors , has a fixed roster of students, and gives each student a grade and academic Credit ....
. Not all courses or curricula culminate in a final exam; instructors may assign a term paper
Term paper

A term paper is a long research paper written by a college or university student over an academic term or semester which accounts for a large amount of a grade and makes up much of the course....
 or final project in some courses. The weighting of the final exam also varies. It may be the largest -— or only -— factor in the student's course grade; in other cases, it may carry the same weight as a midterm exam, or the student may be exempted. Not all finals need be cumulative, however, as some simply cover the material presented since the last exam. For example, a microbiology course would only cover fungi and parasites on the final exam (not on the previous exam!) if this were the policy of the professor, and all other subjects presented in the course would then not be tested on the final exam.

Prior to the examination period most students have a week or so of intense revision
Cramming (memorization)

In academics, cramming is the practice of working intensively to absorb large volumes of informational material in short amounts of time. It is often done by students in preparation for upcoming exams....
 and study known in Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 countries as swotvac
Swotvac

Swotvac, or sometimes Stuvac refers to a period preceding examinations in high school, university and military colleges, chiefly in Commonwealth of Nations countries....
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In the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, most universities hold a single set of "Finals" at the end of the entire degree course. In Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, the exam period varies, with high schools commonly assigning one or two weeks for final exams, but the university period -- sometimes called "exam week" or just "exams" -- may stretch to a maximum of three weeks.

Practice varies widely in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
; "finals" or the "finals period" at the university level constitutes two or three weeks after the end of the academic term, but sometimes exams are administered in the last week of instruction. Some institutions designate a "study week" or "reading period" between the end of instruction and the beginning of finals, during which no examinations may be administered. Students at many institutions know the week before finals as "dead week
Dead week

Dead week is a slang term for the week before final exams in the United States of America. The week is known thus because of the propensity for college and university students to save exam study until the last possible week, and because homeworks are often due....
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Though common in French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 tertiary institutions
Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, or gymnasium ....
, final exams are not often assigned in French high schools. However, French high school students hoping to continue their studies at university level will sit a national exam, known as the Baccalauréat
Baccalauréat

The baccalaur?at , often known in France colloquially as le bac or le bach?t, is an academic qualification which France and international students take at the end of the lyc?e ....
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Take-home finals

A take-home final is an examination at the end of an academic term that is usually too long to be completed in a single session as an in-class final. There is usually a deadline for completion; typically a week or two. A take-home final differs from a final paper.