Suitcase exam

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As a suitcase exam or open-book exam in are student circles exams referred to which all written aids are virtually admitted, especially the lecture notes or any books. Hence the term suggests that the students arrive with a whole suitcase full of materials. As a rule, means of communication such as cell phones or laptops are not permitted.

This type of test can be useful under two conditions:

1. Further questions are to be checked that go beyond the learning material given in the materials and that require your own approaches. Tedious memorization of schemes or incoherent facts is no longer necessary.
2. In the case of pure learning material, the given time for the set of questions is so tight that a poorly prepared candidate loses too much time by looking up several answers in order to still be able to pass the exam. This method is often combined with the form of the multiple-choice exam in order to keep the amount of work involved in correcting to a minimum.

The main advantage of such an examination for the examiners is that problem-solving-oriented competencies can be examined which are more oriented towards future professional requirements. In addition, the workload for supervisors during the exam compared to conventional exams (with strict controls of attempts at deception) is kept within reasonable limits.

A possible advantage for the examiners is that the overall time for exam preparation is equalized, as no time is required to memorize content for these exams immediately before the exams.

A possible disadvantage of such an exam for the examiners is that proven preparation strategies for memorization exams do not work in suitcase exams.