Examination failure occurs when students and trainees fail to attain a pass mark in an examination. Students can redeem themselves by passing supplemental exams.

because he was off base

In examination results, the opposite if 5 passes would be 5 fails.

To fail her examination at the School of tropical medicine, as an act of huminity.

You would need to retake the same level examination the following year. You need to pass both the playing part and the theory part in order to pass your current level.