# Examination book > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Examination_book > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Examination_book.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examination_book > Source revision: 1312244835 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Notebook used for writing answers to an examination}} {{notability|date=December 2017}} right|thumb|250px|A 12-sheet Blue book An '''examination book''', or '''exam book''', or '''blue book''' is a [notebook](/source/notebook) used by students of many [post-secondary schools](/source/Higher_education) in the [United States](/source/United_States) to write [essay](/source/essay)s{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Ben |date=May 23, 2025 |title=They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back. |url=https://www.wsj.com/business/chatgpt-ai-cheating-college-blue-books-5e3014a6 |access-date=1 June 2025 |work=WSJ}} and answer multiple short-answer questions when their [assessment test](/source/Test_(student_assessment))s are administered. The books commonly have a blue cover and are titled "Blue book", although books called simply "Examination book" can be found as well. Blue books typically have dimensions {{convert|8+1/2x7|in|mm}} or {{convert|11x8+1/2|in|mm}}, and contain from four to twelve sheets of [ruled paper](/source/ruled_paper), [staple](/source/Staple_(fastener))d [through the fold](/source/Bookbinding). ==See also== *[Blue book exam](/source/Blue_book_exam) *[Exercise book](/source/Exercise_book) *[Notebook](/source/Notebook) *[Ruled paper](/source/Ruled_paper) ==References== {{reflist}} Category:School examinations Category:Notebooks {{book-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Examination book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examination_book) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examination_book?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.