Competency assessment test is reflected ‘with errors’

One day after the event aptitude test Organized by Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, on exam forums, many candidates reflect that a question in the question is wrong due to lack of data. Because they were not allowed to take the test paper out of the room, many candidates copied and reproduced the above question.

Specifically, the question for a pie chart shows the ratio of 5 sources of capital: external support, fee collection, budget, reserve fund, market borrowing. Subject said: “If raising $ 9.659 trillion from external support, to ensure the capital source according to the estimate need to increase the loan from the market by what percentage?”. Four options with different ratios are given for candidates to choose from.

According to many candidates, this problem lacks data on the total initial capital, so it cannot be solved. “The data in the question is missing the total amount spent on that project, so the percentage increase of the market loan cannot be calculated,” said a high school student Marie Curie, District 3. I read the question and tried to solve it in many ways, but it didn’t work, so I had to circle this question indiscriminately.

Another candidate at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities exam, Thu Duc City confirmed, the above problem is one of 120 questions on capacity assessment.

When reading this sentence, did you report to the supervisor about the abnormality. The proctor compared it with some other test questions from other candidates in the same room and found them all to be the same. Therefore, the proctor takes note of the feedback, and the candidate continues to do the test.

Many other candidates said that in the exam there was a question with two answers are the same students do not know how to choose.

In addition, many teachers and language experts also argue about a questions in the field of language in capacity assessment. Accordingly, the question asked to find the word “not Sino-Vietnamese” in four options: “miscellaneous”, “sacred”, “spiritual” and “soul”.

“Looking at this alternative, it’s easy to choose from miscellaneous is the answer, but when it comes to the dictionary, this is also a Sino-Vietnamese word. And if so, then I don’t know what the answer is,” said one contestant.

There are opinions that, sacred is the answer that “seems the most correct” because “sacred” is the word Nom; The rest of the words have Sino-Vietnamese structure.

On the afternoon of March 28, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Chinh, Director of the Center for Testing and Evaluation of Training Quality (National University of Ho Chi Minh City), confirmed, The exam board also received feedback on questions that were found to have errors. Specifically, a pie chart question and a question with the same choice. All reflections are contained in the minutes of the board.

According to Mr. Chinh, the exam board is currently scanning the work and has not yet approached the exam questions. Therefore, the Board has not been able to evaluate the feedback of the candidates. In the process of reviewing and re-checking, if detecting errors in the exam paper, the Examination Council will make an appropriate handling plan.

Accordingly, if the question does not have enough data to answer, the panel can score up to this question for all candidates. “Conclusions on the complaints and handling will be publicly announced,” Mr. Chinh said.

Mr. Chinh also said that the competency assessment test was carefully selected from thousands of questions. However, Mr. Chinh admitted that the construction of the exam questions cannot avoid errors or technical errors in the printing stage.

The competency assessment exam of the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City includes 120 objective multiple-choice questions, the test time is 150 minutes, and is calculated on a 1,200-point scale. The test structure consists of three parts: language use; Mathematics, logical thinking and data analysis; problem solving. The subject area of ​​the exam is wide, from natural sciences, social sciences, English, languages.

Yesterday, more than 79,000 candidates, accounting for 96.4% of the number of registrations, participated in the first round of competency assessment organized by Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City at 80 points in 17 provinces. The results of this exam are used to consider admission to universities and colleges, in addition to other admission methods such as academic records, high school graduation exam scores.

Currently, 84 universities and colleges use the results of this exam to enroll students, of which there are 10 member schools and faculties of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. The number of majors using exam results for admission is 1,266.

Manh Tung – Thu Huong