IB World Religions SL · 2013 to 2025
Unit 8: Exam skills and the IA
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Unit 8: Exam skills and the IA
Latest exam session: May 2026
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Topics in Unit 8: Exam skills and the IA
In syllabus order. The ring is the share of the marks each one carries. 2 of them have no matching questions in this archive.
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8.2
Paper 2 technique
100% of marks · 30 questions
8.3
No question tagged to this topic in the 30 World Religions SL papers analysed
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Exam pattern
How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.
Does it repeat?
Questions per year for each micro-topic, including those with no matches in this archive.
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| Micro-topic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4Command terms and structure, 2013: 4 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2014: 2 questions | 4Command terms and structure, 2015: 4 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2016: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2017: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2018: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2019: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2021: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2022: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2023: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2024: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2025: 2 questions | 2Command terms and structure, 2026: 2 questions | |
| ·Reading the passage, 2013: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2014: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2015: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2016: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2017: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2018: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2019: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2021: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2022: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2023: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2024: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2025: 0 questions | ·Reading the passage, 2026: 0 questions | |
| ·The part (b) explanation, 2013: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2014: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2015: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2016: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2017: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2018: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2019: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2021: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2022: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2023: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2024: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2025: 0 questions | ·The part (b) explanation, 2026: 0 questions | |
| ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2013: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2014: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2015: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2016: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2017: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2018: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2019: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2021: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2022: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2023: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2024: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2025: 0 questions | ·The Paper 2 markbands, 2026: 0 questions | |
| ·Focus and research question, 2013: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2014: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2015: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2016: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2017: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2018: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2019: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2021: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2022: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2023: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2024: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2025: 0 questions | ·Focus and research question, 2026: 0 questions | |
| ·Methods and ethics, 2013: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2014: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2015: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2016: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2017: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2018: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2019: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2021: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2022: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2023: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2024: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2025: 0 questions | ·Methods and ethics, 2026: 0 questions | |
| ·The written analysis, 2013: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2014: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2015: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2016: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2017: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2018: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2019: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2021: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2022: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2023: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2024: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2025: 0 questions | ·The written analysis, 2026: 0 questions |
- Frequently testedin at least a quarter of all papers, and still appearing in the last two years
- No matches in this archiveon the syllabus, but has no question tagged to it in this archive. This does not mean it has never been examined
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Questions on Unit 8: Exam skills and the IA, by exam session
Which papers asked about Unit 8: Exam skills and the IA, and which question numbers. Open a paper to see them highlighted.
May 2026
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May 2025
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May 2024
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May 2023
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May 2022
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May 2021
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May 2019
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May 2018
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May 2017
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May 2016
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November 2015
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May 2015
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May 2013
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Which World Religions SL exam sessions are covered for Unit 8: Exam skills and the IA?
15 exam sessions from 2013 to 2026, the latest May 2026. Every Paper 2 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 15 papers in this archive.
Which Unit 8: Exam skills and the IA topic comes up most?
Command terms and structure (8.2.1): in 50% of papers, last seen May 26 P2. Usually "Discuss", worth about 34 marks in a paper that includes it.
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