Ian, 17, is preparing for his AS-levels, and his top tip is to "do lots of exam questions".
But it is investigating the quality of exam marking, following complaints about the unreliability of some results.
You've probably noticed how busy your doctor is as he or she zips in and out of exam rooms.
Education ministers in Northern Ireland and Wales are considering whether to follow England or keep existing styles of exam.
The move by the HMC follows concerns from head teachers about the reliability of exam results given out to schools in August.
As the story goes, Tokien was grading a pile of exam papers.
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The boycott of exam and coursework-marking, which began in March, had threatened to disrupt thousands of graduations this summer and delay job applications.
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He said the Tories' proposal was a positive idea, but providing exam papers on their own would not answer critics of exam standards.
Over the past 15 years the number of exam boards has steadily decreased, from more than 20 to only five outside Scotland now.
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Last year there were 85, 000 for all levels of exam - of which 46% were successful - while in 2001 there were 77, 000.
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But Mr Johnson ruled out any suggestions that this would mean the end of exam league tables - saying that would be a "disaster".
The proportion of exam entries given a new grade as a result of a re-mark is less than 0.5% of the total entries, it says.
"What has precipitated the change is an increasing concern over the very variable performance of exam boards, " said a spokesman for the Independent Schools Council information service (Iscis).
The AUT is also boycotting the setting of exam papers.
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Gareth Pierce, chief executive of WJEC, later told the MPs the information filmed by the Daily Telegraph regarding the "cycle" of exam questions - which topics would be set each year - was already in the public domain.
These show that the number of A-level entries at exam centres in Wales - using whichever of the exam boards - was almost unchanged from last year, at 33, 138.
One test of the exam makeover will be the impact of removing modular exams from the curriculum.
As part of the exam, students will have to produce a piece of creative work in response to another published text.
Idzik wouldn't go into specifics regarding the results of the exam by team doctors.
The abstract nature of the exam actually makes it more susceptible to test preparation, some argue.
The changes will mean more emphasis on the written part of the exam as opposed to controlled assessments.
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The pushback comes as GED Testing Service prepares to introduce a new version of the exam in January.
Some states subsidize some or all of the expense of the exam, while others add an administrative fee.
And it calls for a delay in the move towards the appointment of one exam board per EBC subject.
Another is to publish the percentage marks scored, or to show the grade gained on each bit of the exam.
When private insurance does pay, it typically covers the cost of an exam to assess hearing loss, and that's about it.
Those exams had been replaced by GCSEs, with the idea of an exam that all pupils could take, albeit at various levels.
The ATL teachers' union attacked the appearance of such exam changes in a newspaper leak - saying that it showed a "contempt for teachers".
It might sound strange, but I was glad I only noticed this at the end of my exam, or I might have felt a little distracted.
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