End-of-course exams designed to decide whether students progress to the next course are an example of which assessment type?

• A. Formal Assessment
• B. Facilitation
• C. Exploitation
• D. Extended Speaking

Answer: (A)

End-of-course exams that decide whether a student moves on are a formal assessment because they are planned in advance, administered under consistent conditions, and scored against defined criteria. This structured approach produces an official decision about advancement, making it the standard way to evaluate whether learning outcomes have been met at a level required for progression.

Facilitation is about guiding learning activities rather than evaluating them; extended speaking focuses on a specific oral task rather than a comprehensive end-of-course evaluation; exploitation isn’t a standard term for an assessment type.