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This research aims at evaluating ministry examinations in biology of the third and sixth year secondary schools from the teachers' point of view according to the following standards: comprehensiveness, easiness and difficulty, quality, scientification, emotion and skill sides, objectivity, artistical sides. The research includes the ministry examinations in biology of the year 2008/2009, first attempt and biology teachers in Diyala province, who were (683), (100) male and female teachers have been chosen randomly from different regions in the province, (50) teachers from the intermediate stage and (50) teachers from the secondary stage. The research tool was made from closed questionnaire which includes (25) items of three levels (high degree, medial degree, low degree), their validity and reliability were found (0-86), this questionnaire with the examination questions were given to the two classes, then they were collected and analyzed and the results were: 1) the third class questions showed their imbalance between with the book chapters, weakness in the sequence of book subjects, they are not arranged from the easy to the difficult standards, and they do not include essay questions, they also emphasize on memorizing questions, not developing the emotion sides, and the equilibrium between (Gnostic, emotion, skill) sides were not found. 2) The sixth class questions showed: imbalance between book chapters, they do not include essay questions, not developing emotion side, and the equilibrium between (Gnostic, emotion, skill) sides were not found the research submitted a number of recommendations and suggestions. (Published abstract)