The first CBT entrance examination in Japan was held at Saga University's 2018 recommendation entrance examination, where questions and answers were given using a tablet.It looks like it is ahead of the CBT method exam, which was an issue after 2024 when the next course of study will be applied in the university entrance examination reform.
The target departments and exams are the Department of Intelligent Information Systems, Department of Functional Materials Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Department of Urban Engineering, and Faculty of Agriculture, among the "Recommended Entrance Exams I" that do not impose the University Entrance Examination Center Examination. Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Department of Bio-Environmental Sciences, Department of Biofunctional Sciences.About 60 people challenged the entrance examination.
Candidates enter the exam number and date of birth on the distributed tablet, check the operation, and then work on multiple questions from the five subjects of mathematics, English, chemistry, physics, and biology in a 60-minute exam time. is.Answers are automatically graded, and the graded content is used in the interview.Candidates who had the wrong answer were given more explanations of the questions and similar questions to test their "learning ability".
Saga University was developing a CBT program in collaboration with a system development company in Saga Prefecture in order to measure the accurate academic ability of the examinees.It is said that a patent application has been filed for operational control that switches the questions to be asked according to the path code entered first. From the 2019 entrance exam, we are planning to use audio and video in English and chemistry.