Examination may refer to:
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Physical examination
In a physical examination, medical examination, or clinical examination, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition. It generally consists of a series of questions about the patien ...
, a medical procedure
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Question
A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammar, grammatical forms typically used to express them. Rhetorical questions, for instance, are inte ...
ing and more specific forms thereof, for example in law:
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Cross-examination
In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent. It is preceded by direct examination (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, India and Pakistan known as examination-in-chief) and m ...
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Direct examination
The direct examination or examination-in-chief is one stage in the process of adducing evidence from witnesses in a court of law. Direct examination is the questioning of a witness by the lawyer/side/party that called such witness in a trial. ...
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Exam
An examination (exam or evaluation) or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics (e.g., beliefs). A test may be administered verba ...
as assessment, also "test", "exams", "evaluation"
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Civil service entrance examination
Civil service examinations are examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service. They are intended as a method to achieve an effective, rational public administration on a merit system for recruitin ...
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Imperial examination
The imperial examination (; lit. "subject recommendation") refers to a civil-service examination system in Imperial China, administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy. The concept of choosing bureaucrats by ...
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Analysis
Analysis ( : analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (38 ...
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Appraisal (disambiguation) Appraisal may refer to:
Decision-making
* Appraisal (decision analysis), a decision method
* Archival appraisal, process for determining which records need to be kept, and for how long
* Project appraisal, comparing options to deliver an objecti ...
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Assessment (disambiguation)
Assessment may refer to:
Healthcare
*Health assessment, identifies needs of the patient and how those needs will be addressed
*Nursing assessment, gathering information about a patient's physiological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual s ...
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Evaluation
Evaluation is a
systematic determination and assessment of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, design, project or any other intervention or initiative ...
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Evaluation (disambiguation)
Evaluation is the process of judging something or someone based on a set of standards.
Evaluation may also refer to:
Measurement or appraisal
* Education:
** Competency evaluation (language), a means for teachers to determine the ability of th ...
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Exam (disambiguation)
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Investigation (disambiguation)
Investigation or Investigations may refer to:
Law enforcement
* Investigation, the work of a detective
* Investigation, the work of a private investigator
* Criminal investigation, the study of facts, used to identify, locate and prove the guilt ...
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Study (disambiguation)
Study or studies may refer to:
General
* Education
**Higher education
* Clinical trial
* Experiment
* Observational study
* Research
* Study skills, abilities and approaches applied to learning
Other
* Study (art), a drawing or series of drawin ...
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