Synaptic Recall

    Notes to Practice Test

    Notes to practice test: upload your notes as a PDF and get an exam-style practice test written from them.

    Every question comes with an explanation and an image of the exact page it came from.

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    1. The biology notes PDF “BSC2010 Exam 2 Notes - Membrane Transport.pdf” is dragged from Chrome’s downloads onto Synaptic Recall’s upload page, with only Exam selected.
    2. The notes PDF uploads and Dr. Synapse starts writing practice questions, counting them as they are written.
    3. The practice exam is ready: 10 questions from the notes PDF, with an Open Exam button.
    4. A question from the exam: “Red blood cells are placed in a salt solution and viewed under a microscope. Within 5 minutes the cells swell, and many burst. Which best…”
    5. An answer is chosen and Show Answer marks it: B, “The solution is hypotonic, so water entered the cells by osmosis”, is correct.
    6. The explanation opens with the notes PDF page the question came from, and why each other option is wrong.
    7. End card: “Your notes to a practice test”, an Upload now button, and “3 free credits · no card needed”.
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    Test yourself without your notes

    Once you understand how the details fit together, test yourself without your notes.

    Rereading your notes until they feel familiar doesn’t count: with the answers in front of you, you never practice bringing them to mind on your own.

    An exam-style question about red blood cells that swell and burst in a salt solution, with five answer options

    Every option explained

    The explanation names the correct answer, then why each wrong option is wrong.

    The slide it came from is on every question, so you know exactly where the information is.

    The explanation’s “Why the other options are wrong” list, one reason for each wrong option

    Only what your course expects you to know

    Question banks are good, but they’re built for everyone.

    These questions come from your biology lecture, focused on what’s most likely to show up on your exam.

    How it works

    Upload one lecture as a PDF or PowerPoint.

    The system is three simple steps you do for every one of your lectures:

    • Understand the why behind the information: the Story
    • Memorize with active recall: the Anki deck
    • Apply it to real exam questions: the practice exam
    The upload page tailored for Biology, with a lecture PDF dropped in and the Exam selected

    Free to try

    New accounts start with three free credits, and no card is needed.

    Three credits cover one lecture with all three study modes.

    Try it on your next lecture.

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