examinations
Scheduled testing periods
Examinations are formal tests of knowledge or ability, typically in academic settings where students demonstrate what they've learned.
The word also covers medical examinations, where a doctor inspects the body for signs of health or disease, and legal examinations, where witnesses are questioned.
More broadly, examination can mean any careful inspection or scrutiny: a close examination of the evidence.
The shortened form exam is standard in everyday speech.
Of body or matter
- checkupRoutine health evaluation
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- auscultationMedical listening examination
palpation · imaging · MRI · X-ray · ultrasound · bloodwork · biopsy · endoscopy
Exams at semester's center
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- quizBrief informal test
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- multiple-choiceFormat offering preset options
true-false · SAT · ACT · GRE · GMAT · LSAT · MCAT · standardized
Assigning marks to work
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- rubricEvaluation criteria set
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
feedback · performance · proficiency · competence · appraisal · measurement · rating · benchmarking
Formal examination of facts
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- reviewCritical written assessment
- auditFormal accounts examination
oversight · inquiry · probe · dissection · perusal · deliberation · observation · vetting
physical
Of body or matter
- checkupRoutine health evaluation
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- screeningEvaluative selection process
auscultation · palpation · imaging · MRI · X-ray · ultrasound · bloodwork · biopsy · endoscopy · vitals
midterms
Exams at semester's center
multiple-choice · true-false · SAT · ACT · GRE · GMAT · LSAT · MCAT · standardized · proctor
grading
Assigning marks to work
standards · feedback · performance · proficiency · competence · appraisal · measurement · rating · benchmarking · outcome
investigation
Formal examination of facts
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- reviewCritical written assessment
audit · oversight · inquiry · probe · dissection · perusal · deliberation · observation · vetting · forensic
- British educationgrammar schools, comprehensive schools, state schools, primary education, secondary education
- OxbridgeOxford, Oxbridge, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Exeter
- Chinese bureaucracymagistrates, prefectures, prefects, counties, officials
- French Educationlycee, baccalaureate, classes, college, rector
- South Asian Educationprimary schools, secondary schools, high schools, colleges, universities
- Imperial ChinaHan dynasty, emperor, dynasties, emperors, Three Kingdoms
examinationsself-assessments
Personal performance evaluations
peer review · class participation · homework · practice exercises · practice tests
- medical examinationClinical health evaluation
- mock examinationsPreparatory assessments before real ones
- cross examinationQuestioning opposing party's witness
- examination roomMedical assessment chamber
- final examinationConcluding academic assessment
- physical examinationMedical evaluation of body