1.
mock exam; practice test; trial examination
A practice examination designed to simulate the format and difficulty of a real test. Very common in the Japanese education system, especially for university entrance exams and professional qualification tests.
来週模擬試験がある。
There's a mock exam next week.
模擬試験の結果が返ってきたが、思ったより悪かった。
The mock exam results came back, and they were worse than I expected.
受験生は本番に備えて何度も模擬試験を受けるのが一般的だ。
It's common for exam students to take mock exams many times to prepare for the real thing.
USAGE:
Often abbreviated to 模試 in casual speech. An essential part of the Japanese exam preparation culture. Major cram schools (予備校) and testing companies administer nationwide mock exams that give students a ranking and estimated chance of passing their target school's entrance exam.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 模擬試験を受ける (to take a mock exam)
- 模擬試験の結果 (mock exam results)
- 全国模擬試験 (nationwide mock exam)
- 模試 (abbreviated form)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 模試: mock exam — the common abbreviation used in everyday speech
- 入試: entrance exam — the actual entrance examination that mock exams prepare students for