Examination

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.

the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"

formal systematic questioning

the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned