Can you use vocabulary not learned in class on ab initio written exams?

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Title says it all. If I learn the ab initio language I'm studying to a point beyond what is taught at the IB through self-study, can I apply this learned knowledge to the written assessment (e.g. using more complicated grammar structures, words not in the course, etc.)?

Specifically for the externally assessed final IB examinations.