'arduous exam' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to describe an exam that is challenging and difficult to complete. For example, "The student was feeling overwhelmed by the arduous exam ahead of them."
And, like many designers, he had not yet passed the arduous set of exams needed to obtain an architect's license in the states.
Another advantage observed in the present study was the short time it took to perform direct measurement (about 2 minutes or less to conduct the four measurements necessary for the two indices: facial and cranial), as opposed to other studies which assert that conducting a greater number of measurements in the course of the same exam could become arduous and difficult [ 35].
Not only do you need to maintain your high grades in the classroom, it's also essential to fill your free time with volunteering and various clinical placements – not to mention the arduous task of revising for the UKCAT and BMAT exams.
New York City's 1.1 million public-school children return to class this week to face a worsening shortage of fully qualified teachers, even as tougher standards, including a newly required Regents mathematics exam, make the path toward graduation more arduous.
She took the arduous battery of tests in 1981, sat for oral exams and "was led to believe that I did very well," she recalled today.
The duo knew their AP exams were coming up, and that they were in for an arduous few hours highlighted by long and dull essays, flickering fluorescent lighting and those ever-present No. 2 pencil hand cramps.
Between book reports, final exams, college admissions and football games, keeping your life on track often proves itself arduous.
The conditions were arduous.
Second, clinical trials are arduous.
