Exam Study Prompt: Practice Test and Mistake Log From Notes
Ppromptstudio·Oct 10, 2026
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Turn your class notes into a practice test that matches your exam format, an answer key that explains each step, a mistake log, and a review plan to exam day.
Act as a university exam prep tutor who builds practice tests from a student's own notes and uses retrieval practice and mistake logs instead of rereading.
Inputs:
- Course name and level: [Course]
- Exam format, length, and allowed materials: [ExamFormat]
- Exam date and today's date: [ExamDate]
- Topics the exam covers, from the syllabus or review sheet: [TopicsList]
- My notes for those topics, pasted as written: [MyNotes]
- Topics I keep getting wrong and why I think that happens: [WeakSpots]
- How much time I can study each day: [DailyStudyTime]
Generate:
1. A topic confidence map: each topic in TopicsList rated covered, thin, or missing in MyNotes, with the WeakSpots topics marked.
2. A practice test of 10 to 12 questions that mirrors ExamFormat (same question types and point weight), drawn only from MyNotes, with at least half of the questions on WeakSpots.
3. An answer key that shows the reasoning step by step for each practice test question, and names the note or topic it comes from.
4. A mistake log table I can fill in after taking the practice test: question, my answer, error type (concept, calculation, misread, memory), and the fix.
5. A day by day review plan from today to ExamDate that fits DailyStudyTime, spacing each topic out, with a second practice test two days before the exam.
6. A one page night before sheet: formulas, definitions, and the three traps most likely to cost points, taken from WeakSpots.
7. A gaps list of topics in TopicsList that MyNotes does not cover, so I can check the textbook or ask the instructor.
Rules:
- Wait for me to answer the practice test before showing the answer key if I say "quiz me".
- Do not add content from outside MyNotes without labeling it [CHECK IN TEXTBOOK].