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1. audit of a company's financial records.


2. review of documents, procedures, and personnel to assure accuracy.


3. test administered by a professional organization to measure competence in an area, such as the CPA or CMA examinations.

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noun

1. The act of examining carefully: check, checkup, inspection, perusal, scrutiny, study, view. Informal going-over. See investigate.
2. A close or systematic study: analysis, inspection, investigation, review, survey. See investigate.
3. A medical inquiry into a patient's state of health: checkup, exam. See investigate.
4. A set of questions or exercises designed to determine knowledge or skill: catechism, catechization, exam, quiz, test. See investigate.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A search, inspection, or interrogation.

In criminal procedure, the preliminary hearing held to decide whether a suspect arrested for a crime should be brought to trial.

In trial practice, the interrogation of a witness to elicit his or her testimony in a civil or criminal action, so that the facts he or she possesses are presented before the trial of fact for consideration.

In the law governing real property transactions, an investigation made into the history of the ownership of and conditions that exist upon land so that a purchaser can determine whether a seller is entitled to sell the land free and clear of any claims made by third persons.

In patent law, an inquiry made at the Patent and Trademark Office to determine the novelty and utility of an invention for which a patent application has been filed and whether the invention interferes with any other invention.

IN BRIEF: A test to determine progress.

The doctor performed an examination to see what was making the patient ill.

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Quotes:

"Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him." - Oscar Wilde

"Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once." - W. C. Sellar

"As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take this examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one would be a penny the stupider." - Edward M. Forster

Dreaming about taking a test could indicate that the dreamer has a fear of failure. Alternatively, such a dream could indicate that a specific issue of great importance to the dreamer reminds them of being in school. "Passing the test" can also be a metaphor for successfully concluding any number of different activities.

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Inspection or investigation, especially as a means of diagnosing disease, qualified according to the methods used, as physical, cystoscopic, etc.

• breeding soundness e. — of a male usually, although it could be a practical request in a female, requiring ideally a physical clinical examination, a special physical examination of the reproductive system, a field and a laboratory examination of semen and for evidence of freedom from venereal disease, and a test of serving efficiency.
• digital e. — done with a finger of a gloved hand, usually in rectal or vaginal examinations of dogs.
• necropsy e. — see necropsy. Called also postmortem, autopsy.
• postnatal e. — usually of cows to ensure that the uterus is clean and the ovaries cycling so that the next pregnancy can commence without delay.
• presale e. — may be at any level. In horses usually a clinical physical examination, a special examination of the limbs and the gaits of the animal. Companion animals are usually examined for general health and special attention for any defect that could be heritable.

n

1. inspection; search; investigation; inquiry; scrutiny; testing. n 2. inspection or investigation of part or all of the body to measure and evaluate the state of health or disease. The examination may include visual inspection, percussion, palpation, auscultation, and measurement of mobility as well as various laboratory and radiographic procedures.

For a list of words related to examination, see:

• Curricula, Studies, Learning, and Tests - examination: scheduled classroom test of students’ knowledge and progress; exam
• Reason and Rationale - examination: thorough, detailed investigation or study

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - undersøgelse, eksamen, prøve, lægeundersøgelse, laboratorieundersøgelse, forhør

Nederlands (Dutch)
examen, tentamen, ondervraging, onderzoek

Français (French)
n. - (École, Univ) examen, épreuve, examen (d'une étude), inspection (d'une machine), visite (des lieux), inspection, étude, considération (d'une question), vérification (des comptes), contrôle (d'un passeport), fouille (douanière), (Jur) interrogatoire, audition (d'un témoin), examen (de documents), (Méd) auscultation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Examen, Prüfung, Verhör, Untersuchung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εξέταση, έλεγχος, δοκιμασία, διαγωνισμός, διαγώνισμα, (ιατρ.) εξέταση, (νομ.) ανάκριση

Italiano (Italian)
esame, interrogazione, ispezione, visita, verifica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - exame (m), prova (f), interrogatório (m)

Русский (Russian)
экзамен, осмотр, обследование, исследование, рассмотрение

Español (Spanish)
n. - examen, ejercicio, interrogación, interrogatorio, toma de declaración, estudio, investigación, reconocimiento, chequeo, inspección, registro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - examen, examination, tentamen, undersökning, granskning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
试验, 测验, 考试

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 試驗, 測驗, 考試

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조사, 시험, 심문

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 調査, 検査, 審査, 考察, 試験, 尋問, 審理, 検討

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) امتحان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיבחן, בחינה, בדיקה, חקירת-עד‬

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