1.   Although university entrance is based largely on the results of a national exam, universities have some discretion in admissions.

2.   At its September meeting, the Florida Medical Association adopted a resolution urging the Legislature to abolish the special exam and rely solely on the national exam.

3.   A third is to make high school grades or graduation dependent at least in part on comprehensive state or national exams.

4.   Cuneo blames the state for requiring a higher passing score than the national exam requires and asking ambiguous test questions.

5.   During the national exam, which is administered by the Educational Testing Service, one student burst out laughing when a problem reminded him of a class joke.

6.   He passed the national exam for lawyers as a college junior, becoming the youngest person in his class to pass the exam.

7.   Immigration specialists say this has much to do with the historical role in Asian countries of the national exam system, a gatekeeper for professional success.

8.   Just as Wilson in recent years has pushed for a statewide exam to be taken by all students, Thatcher mandated a national exam for pupils.

9.   Last year, the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture, which administers the national exam for acupuncturists, developed a separate exam in Chinese herbal medicine.

10.   Like some of his colleagues, he could not produce credible evidence of his training and as a result could not be certified to take a national licensing exam.