board exams

Professional certification assessments

Board exams are standardized tests administered by a governing board to certify competence in a profession or academic field.

Medical students take board exams to become licensed physicians; accountants sit for CPA boards.

The term also applies to comprehensive exams at the end of secondary school in some countries: She's studying for her board exams next month.

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