diff --git a/src/interfaces/exam.ts b/src/interfaces/exam.ts
index fe919b0b..fa2a7384 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/exam.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/exam.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Module } from ".";
+import {Module} from ".";
 
 export type Exam = ReadingExam | ListeningExam | WritingExam | SpeakingExam | LevelExam;
 export type Variant = "full" | "partial";
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ interface ExamBase {
 	shuffle?: boolean;
 	createdBy?: string; // option as it has been added later
 	createdAt?: string; // option as it has been added later
+	private?: boolean;
 }
 export interface ReadingExam extends ExamBase {
 	module: "reading";
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ export interface UserSolution {
 	};
 	exercise: string;
 	isDisabled?: boolean;
-	shuffleMaps?: ShuffleMap[]
+	shuffleMaps?: ShuffleMap[];
 }
 
 export interface WritingExam extends ExamBase {
@@ -99,24 +100,19 @@ export type Exercise =
 export interface Evaluation {
 	comment: string;
 	overall: number;
-	task_response: { [key: string]: number | { grade: number; comment: string } };
-	misspelled_pairs?: { correction: string | null; misspelled: string }[];
+	task_response: {[key: string]: number | {grade: number; comment: string}};
+	misspelled_pairs?: {correction: string | null; misspelled: string}[];
 }
 
-
 type InteractivePerfectAnswerKey = `perfect_answer_${number}`;
 type InteractiveTranscriptKey = `transcript_${number}`;
 type InteractiveFixedTextKey = `fixed_text_${number}`;
 
-type InteractivePerfectAnswerType = { [key in InteractivePerfectAnswerKey]: { answer: string } };
-type InteractiveTranscriptType = { [key in InteractiveTranscriptKey]?: string };
-type InteractiveFixedTextType = { [key in InteractiveFixedTextKey]?: string };
-
-interface InteractiveSpeakingEvaluation extends Evaluation,
-	InteractivePerfectAnswerType,
-	InteractiveTranscriptType,
-	InteractiveFixedTextType { }
+type InteractivePerfectAnswerType = {[key in InteractivePerfectAnswerKey]: {answer: string}};
+type InteractiveTranscriptType = {[key in InteractiveTranscriptKey]?: string};
+type InteractiveFixedTextType = {[key in InteractiveFixedTextKey]?: string};
 
+interface InteractiveSpeakingEvaluation extends Evaluation, InteractivePerfectAnswerType, InteractiveTranscriptType, InteractiveFixedTextType {}
 
 interface SpeakingEvaluation extends CommonEvaluation {
 	perfect_answer_1?: string;
@@ -189,10 +185,10 @@ export interface InteractiveSpeakingExercise {
 	first_title?: string;
 	second_title?: string;
 	text: string;
-	prompts: { text: string; video_url: string }[];
+	prompts: {text: string; video_url: string}[];
 	userSolutions: {
 		id: string;
-		solution: { questionIndex: number; question: string; answer: string }[];
+		solution: {questionIndex: number; question: string; answer: string}[];
 		evaluation?: InteractiveSpeakingEvaluation;
 	}[];
 	topic?: string;
@@ -208,14 +204,14 @@ export interface FillBlanksMCOption {
 		B: string;
 		C: string;
 		D: string;
-	}
+	};
 }
 
 export interface FillBlanksExercise {
 	prompt: string; // *EXAMPLE: "Complete the summary below. Click a blank to select the corresponding word for it."
 	type: "fillBlanks";
 	id: string;
-	words: (string | { letter: string; word: string } | FillBlanksMCOption)[]; // *EXAMPLE: ["preserve", "unaware"]
+	words: (string | {letter: string; word: string} | FillBlanksMCOption)[]; // *EXAMPLE: ["preserve", "unaware"]
 	text: string; // *EXAMPLE: "They tried to {{1}} burning"
 	allowRepetition?: boolean;
 	solutions: {
@@ -234,7 +230,7 @@ export interface TrueFalseExercise {
 	id: string;
 	prompt: string; // *EXAMPLE: "Select the appropriate option."
 	questions: TrueFalseQuestion[];
-	userSolutions: { id: string; solution: "true" | "false" | "not_given" }[];
+	userSolutions: {id: string; solution: "true" | "false" | "not_given"}[];
 }
 
 export interface TrueFalseQuestion {
@@ -263,7 +259,7 @@ export interface MatchSentencesExercise {
 	type: "matchSentences";
 	id: string;
 	prompt: string;
-	userSolutions: { question: string; option: string }[];
+	userSolutions: {question: string; option: string}[];
 	sentences: MatchSentenceExerciseSentence[];
 	allowRepetition: boolean;
 	options: MatchSentenceExerciseOption[];
@@ -286,7 +282,7 @@ export interface MultipleChoiceExercise {
 	id: string;
 	prompt: string; // *EXAMPLE: "Select the appropriate option."
 	questions: MultipleChoiceQuestion[];
-	userSolutions: { question: string; option: string }[];
+	userSolutions: {question: string; option: string}[];
 }
 
 export interface MultipleChoiceQuestion {
@@ -306,10 +302,10 @@ export interface ShuffleMap {
 	questionID: string;
 	map: {
 		[key: string]: string;
-	}
+	};
 }
 
 export interface Shuffles {
 	exerciseID: string;
-	shuffles: ShuffleMap[]
+	shuffles: ShuffleMap[];
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/exams.be.ts b/src/utils/exams.be.ts
index be8d1837..2466c61d 100644
--- a/src/utils/exams.be.ts
+++ b/src/utils/exams.be.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {collection, getDocs, query, where, setDoc, doc, Firestore, getDoc} from "firebase/firestore";
+import {collection, getDocs, query, where, setDoc, doc, Firestore, getDoc, and} from "firebase/firestore";
 import {shuffle} from "lodash";
 import {Difficulty, Exam, InstructorGender, SpeakingExam, Variant, WritingExam} from "@/interfaces/exam";
 import {DeveloperUser, Stat, StudentUser, User} from "@/interfaces/user";
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const getExams = async (
 ): Promise<Exam[]> => {
 	const moduleRef = collection(db, module);
 
-	const q = query(moduleRef, where("isDiagnostic", "==", false));
+	const q = query(moduleRef, and(where("isDiagnostic", "==", false), where("private", "!=", true)));
 	const snapshot = await getDocs(q);
 
 	const allExams = shuffle(