ORAL EXAMINATION

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ORAL EXAMINATION
(VIVA-VOCE)
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WHAT DO WE MEASURE IN ORALS THAT CANNOT BE
MEASURED IN WRITTEN TEST?
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Advantages

• Communication skills
• Wide coverage
• Depth of knowledge
• Hints( to clear memory blocks)
• Personal contact

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• Examiner
• Content
• Grading

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Reduce tension and anxiety of the candidate

• Oral card

• Identification of poisonous snake
• First aid measures in treatment
• Hospital management

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Dont

• Persist with a question
• Interrupt the candidate
• Teach or correct
• Harass or intimidate

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Questioning

• Specific
• Wide coverage
• Uniformity
• Level

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Nice to know
useful to know
Must Know
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Common errors

• Leniency
• Central tendency
• Halo effect
• Proximity errors

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How to ensure uniformity in grading?
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Reg no.
Incorporate Recall, Interpretive and problem
solving questions in appropriate ratio
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Accountability

• One examiner asks question and the other examiner
  notes them down
• Recording the whole viva

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Thank you