Exam week toolkit with Gemini helps you turn messy notes into focused study guides fast. Build chapter summaries, formula banks, and targeted practice with structured prompts. Research in 2023–2025 shows AI study support can improve efficiency and outcomes when used transparently and critically. U.S. Dept of Education, 2023; Stanford HAI, 2024.
What Are Exam Week Toolkit Student Prompts?
These are structured inputs that make Gemini produce exam-ready chapter guides, formula banks, and targeted practice sets. They’re for high school and college students, tutors, and teachers who need fast, organized review materials by topic. They differ from generic prompts by enforcing scope, rigor, and answer checks per subject.
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How to Use These AI Exam Toolkit Prompts
Pick 3–5 prompts, paste your source (audio, captions, slides, PDF, or notes), then run the steps in Gemini. Export the output to Google Docs or CSV when done. New to AI note-taking? Read the Get Started with AI Note Taking to easily get started.
Math & Physics Study-Guide Prompts (1–35)
Create topic-by-topic guides for algebra, calculus, and physics. Use Gemini to extract definitions, theorems, and unit conversions. Build a formula bank with constraints, common pitfalls, and worked examples. Finish with spaced-practice sets, mixed difficulty, and step-by-step solutions with error checks.
- Generate a chapter outline for
, listing sections, key results, prerequisites. - Summarize each theorem with name, statement, intuition, and a minimal proof sketch.
- Create a formula bank for
including variable meanings and units table. - Add two worked examples per formula, each with step-by-step numeric calculations.
- List common mistakes for
and show corrected versions with reasoning notes. - Convert key constants and units for this chapter into a quick-reference table.
- Write a three-problem warm-up set assessing definitions, classification, and recognition skills.
- Design five routine exercises, each solvable in under five minutes with checksums.
- Create three conceptual questions requiring explanation without calculations, with model answers.
- Generate a problem ladder: easy, medium, hard for
, graded rubrics included. - Explain two solution methods per problem and compare time, accuracy, prerequisites.
- Derive a key formula from first principles and annotate each transformation reason.
- Provide a visual concept map linking definitions, theorems, and typical applications of
. - Create practice variables dataset for plugging into formulas, with realistic unit ranges.
- Write five multiple-choice items targeting misconceptions, include rationales for distractors chosen.
- Generate symbolic manipulation drills for
, with intermediate steps and simplification checks. - Produce dimensional analysis tasks ensuring formulas’ unit consistency, then correct any mismatches.
- Build step-by-step kinematics problems for
, include diagrams described in text. - Compose conservation-law problems for energy or momentum, with before-after tables and checksums.
- Outline calculus applications to motion or growth with derivative, integral, and interpretation steps.
- Create proof-practice prompts: state, attempt, hint, complete proof, then peer-review checklist.
- Draft a “methods chooser” flowchart for equations: substitution, elimination, graphing, or CAS-check.
- Assemble short-answer checkpoints per section to test recall and symbol literacy quickly.
- Generate graph-reading questions, include trends, intercepts, slope meanings, and scaling effects.
- Provide approximation strategies and error bounds for computations under exam time pressure.
- Compose mixed review set: ten items rotating algebraic, geometric, and calculus concepts evenly.
- Turn lecture notes into a two-page cheat sheet with prioritized highlights and mnemonics.
- Create “spot the error” solutions with exactly one bug per step to diagnose carefully.
- Write exam-style free-response prompts with scoring guidelines and partial-credit exemplars included.
- Produce quick mental-math drills aligned to formula magnitudes and rounding conventions used.
- Outline assumptions for each model and list scenarios where assumptions likely fail.
- Generate practice with significant figures, rounding rules, and scientific notation conversions.
- Construct parameter-sweep problems and ask for plots plus interpretation in sentences.
- Provide last-minute cram plan: topics, minutes, checkpoints, and quick-gain problem types prioritized.
- Suggest reflection questions after practice to diagnose weak links and next steps precisely.
Chemistry & Biology Study-Guide Prompts (36–70)
Turn chapters into reaction tables, pathways, and vocab with concise definitions. Use Gemini to generate safety notes, limiting reagent logic, and mechanism overviews. Build practice that toggles between recall, application, and data interpretation. Include images described in alt-text when relevant.
- Outline chapter sections with learning objectives, key diagrams to annotate, and terms.
- Build a reagents-products table with conditions, catalysts, and safety or disposal notes.
- Summarize mechanisms stepwise with electron-flow descriptions and typical exam pitfalls flagged.
- Create stoichiometry practice with limiting reagent reasoning and unit-conversion checkpoints included.
- Make a periodic trends summary linking structure to properties with example comparisons explained.
- Generate lab technique flashcards: principle, steps, sources of error, and troubleshooting advice.
- Design buffer and pH calculation drills with Henderson–Hasselbalch explanations and limits discussed.
- Provide spectroscopy interpretation tasks for IR, NMR, or UV-Vis with structured reasoning steps.
- Summarize cell structures and functions in a table, plus analogy sentences per part.
- Map metabolic pathways with inputs, outputs, regulators, and energy accounting per step clearly.
- Compose genetics problem set: Punnett squares, linkage reasoning, and pedigree analysis explanations provided.
- Design experimental-design questions: hypothesis, variables, controls, and likely confounds identified succinctly.
- Summarize immune system branches and responses with timelines and clinical correlation examples included.
- Create ecology problems about populations, energy flow, and cycles with graph interpretation tasks added.
- Draft safety quick-guide for chapter labs: hazards, PPE, disposal, and emergency steps summarized.
- Build concise vocab cards: term, 12-word definition, example sentence, and contrast term listed.
- Create data-table interpretation questions using real values and ask for justified conclusions carefully.
- Generate titration problems with curve narratives, endpoint identification, and calculation walkthroughs included.
- Write enzyme kinetics questions with Michaelis–Menten interpretations and Lineweaver–Burk caveats addressed clearly.
- Summarize microscopy techniques and resolution limits with best-use scenarios and artifacts explained.
- Create buffer-prep how-to with calculations, ordered steps, and verification checks before use.
- Produce case-based physiology questions linking symptoms to mechanisms and treatment rationales concisely.
- List assay controls and interpret false positives or negatives with likely causes documented.
- Create biostatistics practice: mean, CI, p-values, power concepts, and interpretation pitfalls targeted.
- Draft short explanations comparing DNA replication and transcription with parallel structure tables provided.
- Assemble practice identifying functional groups from textual spectra clues and reactivity outcomes predicted.
- Create ecology math tasks using growth models, carrying capacity concepts, and parameter reasoning steps.
- Summarize key pathogens with transmission, prevention, and first-line treatments in a compact table.
- Write lab-math drills: dilutions, molarity, normality, and percent solutions with checks included.
- Generate figure-legend practice: caption quality, variable naming, and reproducibility standards reviewed clearly.
- Make flashcards of metabolic regulation: enzyme, effector, direction, and physiological context summarized neatly.
- Provide practice interpreting dose-response curves and calculating ED50 with caveats discussed plainly.
- Draft short “explain it like I’m 16” notes for the hardest subtopics today.
- Assemble mixed practice set blending recall, mechanism steps, and graph analysis questions intentionally.
- List exam-day quick checks for units, significant figures, and biological plausibility judgments.
Literature & Writing Study-Guide Prompts (106–140)
Turn texts into character webs, theme trackers, and device spotters. Use Gemini for close reading, quotation analysis, and comparative essays. Generate practice with thesis frames, evidence selection, and commentary that avoids plot summary and prioritizes argument clarity.
- Outline chapters with conflict shifts, character arcs, and setting changes annotated precisely.
- Build a character map: motivations, relationships, contradictions, and growth moments with citations.
- Create theme tracker tables with quoted evidence and evolving interpretations per chapter concisely.
- Generate close-reading prompts for imagery, diction, syntax, and tone with model analyses succinctly.
- Draft thesis frames contrasting two texts on a shared theme with nuance emphasized.
- Prepare quotation analysis drills: context, device, effect, and argument linkage clearly stated.
- Compose rhetorical analysis practice highlighting audience, purpose, appeals, and structure choices intentionally.
- Create poetry scansions and device identification with interpretation comments and alternative readings suggested.
- Generate synthesis paragraphs that avoid plot summary and emphasize argumentative commentary strength.
- Assemble literary terms flashcards with concise definitions and anchor examples from the text.
- Draft outlines for comparative essays with evidence allocations and counterpoint placements clarified.
- Create practice introductions using hook, context, claim, and roadmap in 90 words maximum.
- Write body-paragraph frames: topic sentence, evidence, commentary, and micro-conclusion sentence templates.
- Create practice conclusions emphasizing “so what,” implications, and broader significance without repetition.
- Generate tone-shift identification exercises and justify how diction cues the shift convincingly.
- Build comparative rhetoric set analyzing two speeches with audience constraints and context explained.
- Assemble symbol tracker entries: object, appearances, evolving meaning, and evidence quotations cited.
- Produce “line of reasoning” outlines that maintain claim coherence across paragraphs with transitions.
- Draft practice commentaries upgrading weak evidence connections using clearer warrants and backing thoughtfully.
- Create literary movements overview with dates, features, and representative authors summarized concisely here.
- Generate close-reading on one paragraph using sentence-level commentary and device-effect pairing explicitly.
- Write vocabulary builder with academic verbs for analysis and varied sentence stems applied.
- Create practice paraphrases preserving meaning but changing structure and diction responsibly, then compare.
- Draft commentary scaffolds that connect textual evidence to theme and author’s purpose directly.
- Assemble practice MCQs on figurative language with rationales and non-obvious distractors thoughtfully built.
- Write an evidence log template tracking page numbers, context, and commentary quality ratings consistently.
- Generate revision tasks to eliminate summary sentences and strengthen interpretive claims quickly today.
- Build practice for integrating quotations with context, punctuation, and citation style correctness examined.
- Create mini-orals prompts: defend an interpretation in two minutes with two quotations precisely.
- Summarize critical lenses and apply two lenses to one passage with evidence carefully selected.
- Produce a revision checklist targeting clarity, concision, and coherence at sentence level methodically.
- Draft practice commentary improving cause-effect explanations between evidence and claims explicitly strengthened.
- Create comparative device analysis between two poems’ imagery and meter with effects contrasted cleanly.
- Assemble last-minute reading plan: pages, motifs to track, and quick annotation goals listed.
- Provide exam-day writing timing plan with checkpoints for outline, drafting, and revision windows.
Computer Science & Data Study-Guide Prompts (141–175)
Use Gemini to summarize algorithms, complexity, and data structures. Build code-reading drills, debugging checklists, and dry-run tables. Practice SQL, statistics, and probability. Emphasize clarity, invariants, and test cases with expected outputs and corner-case analysis.
- Outline algorithms with purpose, input, output, invariants, and time-space complexity clearly defined.
- Create dry-run tables for sample inputs showing variable states across key iterations comprehensively.
- Generate code-reading questions: predict output, identify bug, and explain fix with reasoning thoroughly.
- Build data structure comparison: operations, average/worst costs, and usage scenarios summarized concisely.
- Compose recurrence relation practice and solve using substitution or master theorem with notes.
- Create SQL practice: SELECT-JOIN-GROUP BY tasks with expected outputs and edge cases documented.
- Draft debugging checklist for runtime errors, logic errors, and performance bottlenecks methodically addressed.
- Produce unit test cases with inputs, expected outputs, and boundary condition coverage reports clearly.
- Create complexity classification drills identifying O(1) to O(n log n) tasks correctly today.
- Summarize sorting algorithms with stability, adaptiveness, and real-world use cases contrasted succinctly.
- Generate probability practice: combinatorics, conditional probability, Bayes, and expected value problems carefully solved.
- Build discrete math review: sets, graphs, and proofs by induction with examples explained clearly.
- Create data-viz critique prompts interpreting plots, spotting misuse, and proposing clearer encodings carefully.
- Draft machine-learning pipeline checklist: split, baseline, metrics, leakage checks, and ablation plan explicitly.
- Generate statistical inference practice: confidence intervals and hypothesis tests with interpretations prioritized clearly.
- Assemble API reading tasks: endpoints, parameters, auth, and sample request-response walkthroughs concisely prepared.
- Create logic puzzle set modeling state spaces and search strategies with heuristic design notes.
- Write concurrency questions on race conditions, deadlocks, and locks with detection strategies presented.
- Generate memory model review: stack versus heap, value versus reference semantics with examples provided.
- Build cybersecurity basics set: threat models, OWASP top risks, and mitigation strategies concisely listed.
- Compose regex practice from beginner to advanced with capture groups and backreference tasks included.
- Create graph algorithm prompts: BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, and topological sort dry-runs with explanations.
- Draft coding-style checklist aligning to rubric: naming, comments, modularity, and test coverage expectations.
- Assemble probability word problems with independence traps and conditional reasoning clearly explained afterwards.
- Generate mini-projects: write function, design tests, analyze complexity, reflect on tradeoffs succinctly.
- Create shell command practice: file operations, pipes, redirection, and grep-awk tasks scaffolded carefully.
- Write short conceptual quizzes on compilation, interpreters, and runtime linking with examples sketched.
- Assemble sampling and bias scenarios; identify threats to validity and mitigation steps explicitly.
- Build database normalization tasks to judge 1NF–3NF and design improved schemas with rationale.
- Create short notebooks outline: goals, imports, steps, results, and interpretation checklist documented.
- Generate ethical AI case prompts: privacy, bias, consent, and dataset documentation requirements summarized.
- Draft complexity comparison tasks using empirical timing and plot interpretations with cautions noted.
- Write review on numeric stability and floating-point pitfalls with reproducible examples and fixes.
- Create final mixed set blending code reading, SQL, probability, and algorithm design steadily escalated.
- List exam-day debugging triage: reproduce, isolate, minimal case, hypothesize, test, document results.
Economics & Business Study-Guide Prompts (176–210)
Use Gemini to convert notes into models, curves, and cases. Build graph-reading drills, elasticity practice, and policy analysis. For business, add accounting sheets, finance ratios, and strategy frameworks. Close with mixed sets and exam-day checklists.
- Outline macro chapter with model inventory, equilibrium conditions, and shock narratives summarized neatly.
- Create supply-demand graph prompts interpreting shifts, movements, and comparative statics stepwise explained.
- Generate elasticity calculation practice with midpoint method and interpretation sentences for policy discussions.
- Build market structure comparison: perfect, monopolistic, oligopoly, monopoly with pricing power explained succinctly.
- Compose GDP, CPI, and unemployment indicator table with caveats and measurement limitations highlighted.
- Draft fiscal versus monetary policy case studies with multiplier intuition and lag considerations discussed.
- Create cost curves practice identifying AFC, AVC, ATC, MC and efficient scale points carefully.
- Generate externalities prompts with diagrams and policy instruments; assess deadweight loss changes explicitly.
- Build international trade set on comparative advantage, tariffs, quotas, and welfare analysis concisely.
- Create money and banking review: balance sheets, reserve requirements, and money multipliers logically explained.
- Generate finance ratio practice: liquidity, profitability, leverage ratios with interpretation and thresholds discussed.
- Draft accounting cycle checklist: journal, ledger, trial balance, adjustments, statements, and closing entries.
- Create capital budgeting practice: NPV, IRR, payback with cash-flow tables and assumptions explicit.
- Assemble strategy framework prompts: SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces, and value chain analysis succinctly applied.
- Generate behavioral economics vignettes on biases and incentives with interpretation and policy implications discussed.
- Create market failure identification tasks and propose targeted interventions with pros and cons considered.
- Build forecasting practice with naive, moving average, and exponential smoothing comparisons interpreted clearly.
- Draft operations questions on bottlenecks, capacity, and Little’s Law with examples and solutions explained.
- Create marketing case prompts on segmentation, positioning, and 4Ps with metrics for success defined.
- Generate corporate finance prompts on capital structure, WACC, and dividend policy with scenarios contrasted.
- Assemble international finance tasks on exchange rates, parity conditions, and hedging tactics applied practically.
- Create public economics questions on taxation tradeoffs, equity versus efficiency, and incidence analysis concisely.
- Draft risk-return set using CAPM intuition, diversification effects, and efficient frontier sketches described.
- Generate case-based ethics prompts involving disclosure, conflicts, and fiduciary duties with decisions justified thoroughly.
- Compose econometrics practice: model choice, assumptions, diagnostics, and interpretation of coefficients carefully addressed.
- Create game theory prompts on dominant strategies, Nash equilibria, and payoff analysis with explanations.
- Build accounting adjustments practice for accruals and deferrals with journal entries and rationales recorded.
- Generate corporate valuation prompts using multiples and DCF with sensitivity analysis table produced.
- Create policy memo template: background, options, criteria, recommendation, and implementation risks summarized.
- Draft case interview-style quant prompts with charts to interpret and structured math explained transparently.
- Assemble operations math set on queues, utilization, and variability impacts with interpretations clearly given.
- Create mixed review blending graphs, policy analysis, and calculation tasks with timed cadence recommended.
- Provide exam-day formula sheet items prioritized by frequency and scoring leverage observed historically.
- List last-hour checks: graphs labeled, units written, assumptions noted, and answers boxed neatly.
- Schedule post-exam reflection prompts to extract lessons and update next-term study systems efficiently.
Printable & Offline Options
Print any section or export to PDF for pen-and-paper practice. Teachers can assemble classroom-ready handouts from the prompt lists. See the main student prompt hub for organized offline bundles: /students/prompts/.
Related Categories
- Study Guide Prompts
- Lecture-to-Notes Prompts
- Quiz & Flashcard Prompts
- Explain Concepts Prompts
- Academic Writing Prompts
FAQ
How should I cite AI assistance in my study guides?
Follow your instructor’s policy. When allowed, include a short note like “Study guide generated with Gemini, reviewed and edited by me,” and cite any original sources you provided. Keep verbatim quotations within fair-use limits and add page numbers for texts.
What’s the best workflow to avoid AI hallucinations?
Constrain inputs. Paste your own notes, slides, or textbook excerpts. Ask for citations to your provided material only. Add verification steps at the end of each prompt: “List assumptions, then show line-by-line checks against the source.” Use mixed problem types to cross-validate answers.
Can I use these prompts across different subjects?
Yes. Each block targets a domain, but the structures—outline, formula bank, misconception list, and mixed practice—transfer to any topic. Swap or while keeping outputs and checks consistent for reliable results.
How many prompts should I run before an exam?
Three to five per chapter is typical. Prioritize a chapter outline, a formula or concept bank, and one mixed practice set. Add one “spot the error” task to surface misconceptions quickly.
Where can I auto-build a study guide without manual prompting?
Use our AI Study-Guide Generator to convert notes, slides, or PDFs into exam-ready guides with headings, key terms, and practice questions.
Further reading: Stanford HAI, 2024 · U.S. Department of Education, 2023
Final Thoughts
Use these 210 Gemini prompts to cut prep time and raise accuracy. Outline chapters, bank formulas, and drill with mixed practice that exposes misconceptions. Want more? Start AI note-taking instantly with our free AI note taker: /f.
