Oral exam

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Not to be confused with Aural exams.

The oral exam (also oral test or

risk of granting a degree to a candidate who has had the thesis or dissertation ghostwritten
by an expert.

Overview

Many science programs require students pursuing a bachelor's degree to finish the program by taking an oral exam or a combination of oral and written exams to show how well a student has understood the material studied in the program. Usually, study guides or a syllabus are made available so that the students may prepare for the exam by reviewing practice questions and topics likely to be on the exam. There is a small but growing body of literature on the use of oral examinations in undergraduate education in the English speaking world.

Some

PhD. Some universities allow the option of either taking written and oral exams or completing a project or thesis
, but occasionally, all three are required for graduation. Oral exams are distinct from a defense of a thesis in that the questions in the latter are more narrow and specific to the topic of the thesis.

Graduate students
are sometimes allowed to choose their examiners for oral exams.

Sometimes, the oral exam is offered in schools as an alternative to a written exam for students with a

non-verbal learning disorder
. Often parents of the students have to request that the oral exam be given to their child in lieu of the written exam.

A

Merchant Navy deck and engine officers.[2]

The viva voce is a component of music diploma examinations administered by

Trinity College of Music and London College of Music
. Candidates are posed a series of questions by the examiner about their chosen pieces, the composer and musical era. Depending on exam board, candidates may also be required to do a short writeup on their pieces.

See also

References

  1. ^ Private Pilot Oral Exam on YouTube
  2. ^ Application for UK COC Oral Exam

Further reading

External links

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