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Definition: Test |
TestAdjective1. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"; "a pilot project"; "a test run"; "a trial separation". Noun1. An assay conducted for diagnostic purposes. 2. Any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students". 3. The act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial". 4. The act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill". 5. Trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain". 6. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions". 7. A hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins. Verb1. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe". 2. Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus". 3. Examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs". 4. Show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV". 5. Achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools". 6. Determine the presence or properties of (a substance). 7. Undergo a test; "She doesn't test well". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "test" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Computing | Test n. 1. Real users bashing on a prototype long enough to get thoroughly acquainted with it, with careful monitoring and followup of the results. 2. Some bored random user trying a couple of the simpler features with a developer looking over his or her shoulder, ready to pounce on mistakes. Judging by the quality of most software, the second definition is far more prevalent. See also demo. Source: Jargon File. |
Aerospace | 1. A procedure or action taken to determine under real or simulated conditions the capabilities, limitations, characteristics, effectiveness, reliability, or suitability of a material, device, system, or method.2. A similar procedure or action taken to determine the reactions, limitations, abilities, or skills of a person, other animal, or organism. (references) |
Medicine | A treatment based on an assumed diagnosis, prior to receiving confirmatory laboratory test results. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | A direct practical trial in whatever manner it may be made. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. To search for mineral deposits in an unproved area by means of boreholes. b. To obtain samples of soil or rock from which the physical characteristics of the soil or rock can be determined, such as in foundation testing.c. An exploratory borehole. (references) |
Public Administration | Examination to evaluate the performance and capabilities of a student or class. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
simple:TestTesting is the process of checking whether something is true or false, whether it is valid, or whether it is functional.
A test compares an expectation with an observation. The expectation must exist (in the mind of the tester, on paper, in discussion, etc.) before the observation is taken. If no expected values exist, it cannot be a test, but merely an observation.
See list of tests for tests covered in Wikipedia.
In education
A test (student assessment) is a tool or technique intended to measure students' performance, knowledge or skills.In software engineering and development
- A Test is an experiment to determine some characteristic of a software system. See software testing.
Alpha testing
In software development, testing is usually required before release to the general public. In-house developers often test the software in what is known as 'alpha' testing which is often performed under a debugger or with hardware-assisted debugging to catch bugs quickly. It can then be handed over to quality assurance staff for additional testing in an environment simular to how it was intended to be used.This is often known as the second stage of alpha testing.
Beta testing
Following that, limited public tests known as beta-versions are often released to groups of people so that further testing can ensure the product has few faults or bugs.
Gamma testing
There are companies that introduced the so-called gamma tests, which means feature-completed, but the software did not run through all the inhouse quality checks. Some cynics refer to software release as "gamma testing".
In science
Test is the 4th stage of the scientific method:
- In science, a test is an experiment performed to verify the presence, the quality or the quantity of determined characteristics or elements in a specimen.
- Observe a phenomenon
- Hypothesize an explanation of the phenomenon
- Predict a logical consequence of the explanation
- Test the prediction. "'For Example' is no proof" (Yiddish proverb).(This fallacy is called affirming the consequent) Conversely, however, any counterexample to the prediction will disprove the hypothesis.
- Review - did the Hypothesis survive the test.
Test of Newton's First Law
One common observation is
"Forces act on Objects to change their motion". When no forces are acting on an object, "Objects in motion tend to remain in motion. Objects at rest tend to remain at rest." This is called Newton's First Law of Motion.
A logical prediction of the First Law of Motion is
Kids, have your parents run this test. Don't try this at home, alone.
- If I am in my car travelling at 6 Miles Per Hour, and the car suddenly stops, an object that is sitting on my dashboard, which is not glued down, will keep going at 6 Miles Per Hour.
- Design an experiment to test the First Law.
- A. Put my sunglasses on the dashboard
- B. Start the car
- C. In the driveway, with no one nearby, to avoid hurting them, begin moving the car, slowly.
- D. Hit the brakes
- E. I predict that "the sunglasses will keep going in the same direction as step C, even though the car is now stopped (from step D).
- Test of the prediction
- Run the procedure A through D. Then look for E.
- If the sunglasses stay where they were in step A, then
- the forces acting on the sunglasses are greater than the forces in step D
- otherwise, the forces in step D are greater than the forces that were acting in step A.
In manufacturing
Test is part of Quality Assurance. Typically, measurements are taken, and test results are recorded. To reduce the cost of testing, sampling is typically used, in a statistical test.See also crash test, Statistical hypothesis testing, Likelihood-ratio test.
Geography. The river Test is a river in Hampshire, England. Test is also the professional wrestling name of Andrew Martin. His entry can be found at that link. A better place to "test" out new Wikipedia code is in the Wikipedia sandbox.
See also: Statistical hypothesis testing
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Test."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In education, a test or exam (short for examination) is a tool or technique intended to measure students' performance, knowledge or skills. A test has more questions of greater difficulty and requires more time for completion than a quiz. It is usually divided into two or more sections, each covering a different area of knowledge or taking a different approach to the same knowledge.A standardized test is one that compares the performance of every individual subject with a norm. The norm may be established independently, or by statistical analysis of a large number of subjects. The study of exams is called psychometrics.
Types of questions
Multiple-choice questions
For a multiple-choice question, the author of the test provides several possible answers (usually four or five) from which the test subject must choose. There is only one right answer, usually respresented by only one answer option, though sometimes divided into two or more, all of which the subject must identify correctly. Such a question may look like this:The number of planets in the solar system is:If a subject makes an error and produces an answer that is not an option, the subject will see that he or she is wrong. As a result, he or she will probably continue working until an allowable answer is achieved. If the subject fails to produce an allowable answer after an inordinate amount of time, he will probably suffer from dramatically increased anxiety, leading to a cascade of further errors not representative of his actual level of knowledge.a) 7 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10To prevent this phenomenon, the test author should create the incorrect answer options so that they correspond to the likeliest subject errors. This process is very problematic, and only the best teachers are able to do it well. As a result, proper multiple-choice questions requiring more than a little thought are extremely difficult to write. This question type is used primarily for testing factual knowledge.
On the other hand, multiple-choice questions are remarkably easy to score. They have proliferated in recent years, due to the development of machines that can score large numbers of them with minimal human effort.
Free-response questions
Free-response questions require the subject to write. The length of the written response may be as short as a single word or mathematical expression, in which case the question acquires some of the characteristics of the multiple-choice type. However, at higher levels of education, this type of question usually requires deeper, more analytical thinking. The most difficult free-response questions may involve an essay or original composition of a page or more in length, or a scientific proof or solution requiring over an hour.Free-response questions do not pose as much of a challenge to the test author, but evaluating the responses is a different story. Scoring may be done according to superficial qualities of the response, such as the presence of certain important terms. In this case, it is easy for the test subject to fool the scorer by writing a stream of generalizations, non sequiturs and sheer nonsense that incorporates the terms that the scorer is looking for. Proper scoring involves reading the answer carefully and looking for clarity and logic. If one scorer must score a large number of tests, this becomes very tiresome, especially since he or she usually knows the material at a much higher level than that expected of the subject.
Practical examination
Knowledge of how to do something does not lend itself well to either free-response or multiple-choice questions. It may only be demonstrated outright. Art, music and language fall into this category, as do non-academic disciplines such as sports and driving. Students of engineering are often required to present an original design or computer program developed over the course of days or even months.A practical examination may be administered by an examiner in person, in which case it may be called an audition or a tryout, or by means of an audio or video recording. It may be administered on its own, or in combination with other types of questions; for instance, many driving tests in the United States include a practical examination as well as a multiple-choice section regarding traffic laws.
Tests of the natural sciences may include laboratory experiments (practica) to make sure that the student has learned not only the body of knowledge comprising the science, but also the experimental methods through which it has been developed.
The flaws and politics of high-stakes testing
One criticism of exams is people are variously susceptible to stress. Some are virtually unaffected, and excel on tests, while others become very nervous and forget entire tracts of exam material. To compensate for this, teachers and professors seldom grade their students on tests alone, placing considerable weight on homework, attendance and in-class discussion activity, and laboratory investigations (where applicable). Large-scale standardized tests can usually be taken more than once; individuals who make decisions based on standardized-test scores generally consider a student's best score to be the truest one.Another concern is academic dishonesty (cheating). Students have created a formidable arsenal of strategies to garner test scores that do not represent their actual level of knowledge. On a multiple-choice test, lists of answers may be obtained beforehand. On a free-response test, the questions may be obtained beforehand, or the subject may write an answer that creates the illusion of knowledge. Cheating makes tests unreliable at best, and absolutely useless at worst.
In their defense, tests are less susceptible to cheating than other tools of learning evaluation. Laboratory results can be fabricated, and homework can be done by one student and copied by rote by others. The presence of a responsible test administrator, in a controlled environment, ensures that those who cheat on tests have at least some chance of being discovered and punished.
The SAT and other high-stakes exams
In the United States and other countries, tests based primarily on multiple-choice questions have come to be used for assessments of great importance, with consequences including the funding levels of public schools and the admission of students to institutions of higher education. The most important such test in the U.S. is the SAT, which consists almost entirely of multiple-choice questions (though some of these are specifically designed to inherent inaccuracies of that question type). Originally developed as a test of a student's intrinsic intelligence, its methodology has proven highly vulnerable to specialized test-preparation programs that dramatically improve the subject's score. The SAT is written and administered by the College Board.The SAT has also been criticized for an alleged racial bias; ethnic minorities supposedly fare worse on the exam than they should. As a result, it began to fall out of favor in the late 1990s, with increasing emphasis on standardized tests that measure actual knowledge. Some of these replacements have likewise come from the College Board, but many states have taken the initiative to design tests of their own.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Test (student assessment)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TEST | English | Checklist for autism in toddlers | N/A |
TEST | Italian | Trasferimento in tuba dell'embrione | Medicine |
| CAMP Test | English | Christie-Atkins-Munch-Peterson Test | N/A |
| TEMS | English | Test equipment maintenance set | N/A |
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Synonyms: TestSynonyms: experimental (adj), model(a) (adj), pilot(a) (adj), test(a) (adj), trial(a) (adj), diagnostic assay (n), diagnostic test (n), exam (n), examination (n), mental test (n), mental testing (n), psychometric test (n), run (n), trial (n), trial run (n), tryout (n), essay (v), examine (v), prove (v), quiz (v), screen (v), try (v), try out (v). (additional references) |
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Experiment | Verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, (demonstration); criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test. |
Verb: experiment; essay; (endeavor); try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength; road-test, test drive, take for a spin; test fly. | |
Grope; feel one's way, grope for one's way; fumble, t_tonner, aller _ t_tons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out, see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pulse; fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes. | |
Crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix; assay, ordeal; ring; litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper; test tube; analytical instruments. | |
Foresight | See one's way; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps. |
Indication | Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary. |
Inexpedience | Stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination. |
Mariner | Aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus; aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew; astronaut, cosmonaut; parachutist, paratrooper. |
Receptacle | Beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish,beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. |
Teaching | Test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade, score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete. |
Truth | Verb: be true; Adjective:, be the case; sand the test; have the true ring; hold good, hold true, hold water. |
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Screenplays | I pass the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) We have to go to City Hall for the marriage license and blood test. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Remember it is you, Ichabod Crane, who is now put to the test! (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher) Hey, this is not a test! This is rock and roll (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz) Do not test my patience, Raziel (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II; writing credit: Amy Hennig) | |
Lyrics | It's a test that I gotta pass (Love In An Elevator; performing artist: Aerosmith) For passing the test of time (Every Heartbeat; performing artist: Amy Grant) To face this test tonight (Turn Back Time; performing artist: Aqua) If These Are Life's Lessons, She'll Take This Test (Wide Open Spaces; performing artist: DIXIE CHICKS) Vocational noise puts myself to the test (Flipper Twist; performing artist: Flipper) | |
Clever | Push to test. Release to detonate. (references; author: unknown) You can't test courage cautiously. (references; author: unknown) The lab test indicated abnormal lover function. (references; author: unknown) New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group (references; author: unknown) I took an IQ test, and the results were negative. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Don Adams' Screen Test (1974) The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971) Nothing for Granted: The Story of the Navy's Test and Evaluation Force (1970) A Test of Violence (1970) Test in Studio 1 (1969) | |
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 | Pictured here is an experimental animal being held by a technician. Only the technician's hands and the animal are visible. The technician measures the size of a reaction of the animal due to a recent injection. A measuring device is being used to achieve the measurement. This may have been a test for the possible carcinogenic effect of a chemical. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shown here are three different strains of mice used in experiments. Visible is a technician's hands holding the three test animals. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Two CDC technicians reading complement-fixation test for serological evidence of infections by suspected viruses. Credit: CDC. |  | Mantoux intradermal tuberculin skin test for tuberculosis. Credit: CDC. |
 | UH-60 RASCAL - First Flight Test. Credit: NASA. |  | MD-900 Noise Abatement Test. Credit: NASA. |
 | Haise Commands First Enterprise Test Flights. Credit: NASA. |  | Shuttle Test Using Electron Beam. Credit: NASA. |
 | Lunar Module test flight from Apollo 9. Credit: NASA. |  | Martin B-10-B bomber used to test nine-lens camera Second photo shows transportation unit for bringing camera to aircraft. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Test shots 4" by Balázs Kovács Commentary: "These were some of the test shots I made when I got hold of my new NIKON. Enjoy..." | "Martini" by Cornelius Bolten Commentary: "Well, just a test with the cam on a friends' party.. ." |
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 | Ding; air pressure; wing; airplane; pilot; test; precautionary; prepare; preparation. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Anne Morrow Lindbergh | Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood. |
Author Unknown | A good test of a man's religion is its vitality. |
Cicero | The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. |
Conte Vittorio Alfieri | Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. |
Froude | The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. |
Henry David Thoreau | The perception of beauty is a moral test. |
John Ruskin | I believe the first test of a truly great man is humility. |
Samuel Johnson | A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. |
Seneca | Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | I said that no doubt that was the real test whether a person was frightened or not. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And he had let the clutch out against the brake to test for slipping clutch plates |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Exercise ECG (stress test). (references) | |
Test results are confidential. (references) | ||
Another useful test is cystoscopy. (references) | ||
Business | Products which do not pass the test are destroyed or exported. (references) | |
Its three test cells are equipped to test turbo-jet and turbo-prop engines. (references) | ||
The second Czech nuclear power plant Temelin is currently undergoing test operations. (references) | ||
Children | Senegal | The board had refused to hire a candidate with physical disabilities who had passed a recruitment test, on the grounds that persons with physical disabilities were not qualified for the job of teaching. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | On March 19 in Plateau, security forces used tear gas to disperse forcibly a student demonstration against a recruitment test at the National Training Institute for Health Agents (INFAS). (references) |
Malaysia | In August a secondary school teacher in the state of Terengganu was charged with sedition for asking his students to answer a test question regarding the erosion of judicial independence in Malaysia. (references) | |
Economic History | Nigeria | This initial victory for the states is seen by many as a test for Nigeria's rule of law. (references) |
Uk | Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics test labs using animals have been their principal targets. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | Over the past 5 years Kazakhstan, with U.S. assistance, completed the sealing of 181 nuclear test tunnels. (references) | |
Human Rights | Honduras | The Public Ministry actively was collecting evidence from a different DNA test to reopen the case at year's end. (references) |
Gambia | In practice the Government appeared not to enforce it, but no court case has been brought to test the decree's constitutionality. (references) | |
Brazil | The officers confessed to the killings after 19 witnesses came forward to testify against them and a DNA test identified blood inside the police car as that of one of the victims. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | Other test cases that involve members of aboriginal groups being tried on charges of illegally harvesting timber on Crown land continued in the court systems in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. (references) |
Minorities | Lithuania | In the first half of the year, 252 persons took the language portion of the citizenship test, and 221 persons passed. (references) |
Ukraine | They claimed that their children were disadvantaged when taking academic entrance examinations, since all applicants are required to take a Ukrainian language test. (references) | |
Political Economy | KUWAIT | To complete clearance, the importer presents its import license and quality test certificate. (references) |
GREECE | There is a potential problem concerning the protection of test data relating to non-patented products. (references) | |
ITALY | Italy has been slow in accepting test data from foreign sources, but is expected to adopt EU standards in this area. (references) | |
Political Rights | Kazakhstan | Candidates were required to submit petitions with 170,000 signatures, to pass a Kazakh-language test, and to make a nonrefundable payment of approximately $30,000 (2.4 million Tenge). (references) |
Ukraine | A Presidential election was held in October and November 1999. Parliamentary elections took place in 1994 and in 1998 and are scheduled for March 2002. In the view of many observers, the March parliamentary elections are likely to constitute a major test of the country's democratic political development. (references) | |
Trade | Mexico | For some products there is a lack of test laboratories. (references) |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Over 90 percent of the prostitutes test positive for HIV. (references) |
New Zealand | U.S. firms have used the New Zealand market to test new pricing strategies. (references) | |
Uae | The test must be conducted in the UAE by the Preventive Medicine Unit of the UAE Ministry of Health. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | However, human rights activists reported that in one NGO-sponsored test in the late 1990's, officials refused to order a divorce without the wife being present, despite offers of bribes. (references) |
Guatemala | In July 2000, the Public Ministry created a Special Victim's unit, staffed 24 hours a day with doctors and nurses with rape test kits to assist rape victims in gathering evidence to use against their attackers. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Singapore | Foreign prostitutes also are deported immediately if they test positive for HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them. It may be graphic, mimetic or merely rident. Shaftesbury is quoted as having pronounced it the test of truth -- a ridiculous assertion, for many a solemn fallacy has undergone centuries of ridicule with no abatement of its popular acceptance. What, for example, has been more valorously derided than the doctrine of Infant Respectability? |
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Mary Tyler Moore | Well, don't fool around and test it to see if you can prove anything to yourself. Just keep doing what you're doing. That's good. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Should the Legislature think it expedient to pass this roll in review and try all its parts by the test of public utility, they may be assured of every aid and light which Executive information can yield. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | What remains is the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution and the right to have statutes of States specifying qualifications for electors subjected to the test of compliance with that amendment. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | We can not permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | But our people will not falter in the face of any test. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Yet as long as others will challenge America's security and test the dearness of our beliefs with fire and steel, then we must stand or see the promise of two centuries tremble. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | One test of a healthy economy is a job for every American who wants to work. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Because we had taken steps to reorganize our refugee programs, we met that test successfully. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Your vote this spring on the Peacekeeper missile will be a critical test of our resolve to maintain the strength we need and move toward mutual and verifiable arms reductions. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | You know, my fellow Americans, this is really a test for all of us. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Americans are a resolute people who have risen to every test of our time. |
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| "Test" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.83% of the time. "Test" is used about 11,795 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.83% | 9,653 | 982 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.68% | 1,731 | 4,859 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.39% | 400 | 13,972 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.1% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11,795 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "test" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Test | Last name | 400 | 19,404 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "test". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Salamis | N/A | Biblical | Test |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Belgium | IPTE - Integrated Production and Test Engineering SA | Singapore | St Assembly Test Services Ltd |
| Taiwan | Test Rite International Co., Ltd. | USA | Aehr Test Systems |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "test": abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems ♦ ability test ♦ abstract test suite ♦ ac test ♦ accelerated dynamic pavement test ♦ accelerated fatigue test ♦ accelerated pavement test facility ♦ accelerated test ♦ acceptance test ♦ achievement test ♦ Acid Phosphatase Test ♦ acid test ♦ adjustment test ♦ AFM brake test ♦ AFS test ♦ agglutination test ♦ agreement for nuclear test ban ♦ air flow method brake test ♦ albumen test ♦ algorithmic Test Case Generation ♦ allergy test ♦ alpha test ♦ altitude power test ♦ Ames test ♦ application test ♦ aptitude test ♦ asymptotically most powerful test ♦ audiometric test ♦ Bach test ♦ Bach's test ♦ Bartlett and Diananda test ♦ Bartlett's collinearity test ♦ Bartlett's test ♦ Basophil Degranulation Test ♦ Becchi's test ♦ bench test ♦ benchmark test ♦ Bender-Gestalt Test ♦ Bernstein acid perfusion test ♦ Bernstein test ♦ beta test ♦ Bishop Harman diaphragm test ♦ bit error rate test ♦ bivariate sign test ♦ blank test ♦ blood alcohol test ♦ blood test ♦ breath test ♦ calibration test ♦ caloric test ♦ certification test ♦ challenge test ♦ character test ♦ checkout Test language ♦ clonal test ♦ cloze test ♦ Cochran's test ♦ collaborative test ♦ College Admission Test ♦ color test ♦ colorimetric test ♦ colour test ♦ colourimetric test ♦ combinatorial test ♦ combined test ♦ complement fixation test ♦ concrete diametric compression test ♦ confidence test ♦ consolidated drained test ♦ consumer test ♦ Coombs' Test ♦ corona inception test ♦ corrosion test ♦ crash test dummy ♦ crucial test ♦ cupping test ♦ cutaneous test ♦ Daniel's test ♦ David's empty cell test ♦ defined test point ♦ degree of standardized test distortion ♦ developmental Test and Evaluation ♦ diagnostic test ♦ Dick test ♦ directly Executable Test Oriented Language ♦ discharge inception test ♦ do test on smb. ♦ Doctor test ♦ Dolman test ♦ Dolman's test ♦ doping test ♦ driving test ♦ endurance test ♦ engaged test ♦ Epstein test frame ♦ esophageal acid perfusion test ♦ esophageal pH test ♦ Evans acuity test ♦ Ewing vision test chart ♦ Exercise Test ♦ extremal test data. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "test": test-and-measurement, test-ban, test-bed, test-beds, test-bench, test-best, test-bores, test-case, test-cases, test-cell, test-class, test-copying, test-curve, test-drilling, test-drive, test-driven, test-driving, test-dummy, test-erected, test-fired, test-firing, test-flew, test-flight, test-flights, test-flown, test-fly, test-flying, test-glass, test-intestinal, test-kits, test-led, Test-market, test-marketing, test-marking, test-match, test-mixer, test-piece, test-pieces, test-pilot, test-piloting, test-playing, test-pressing, test-pressings, test-reactor, test-related, test-retest, test-rig, test-rigs, test-room, test-run, test-sailed, test-sessions, test-status-are, test-strength, test-tone, test-track, test-tube, test-tube baby, test-tubes, test-type, test-walked, test-wicket. | |
Ending with "test": bench-test, b-test, clo-test, ex-test, five-test, litmus-test, non-test, post-test, pre-test, re-test, three-test, t-test, u-test. | |
Containing "test": dip-the-finger-in-the-water-and-let's-talk-about-the-test-match, end-of-test-status. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
iq test | 29,968 | blood test | 1,133 |
speed test | 9,482 | career test | 1,131 |
personality test | 6,804 | test and measurement | 1,075 |
free iq test | 5,006 | memory test | 984 |
typing test | 4,725 | iq test score | 938 |
love test | 3,570 | test prep | 935 |
bandwidth test | 3,565 | test preparation | 898 |
nation test | 3,283 | crash test | 884 |
pregnancy test | 2,627 | fox iq test | 830 |
internet speed test | 2,415 | broadband speed test | 825 |
drug test | 2,069 | test drive | 817 |
dsl speed test | 2,048 | intelligence test | 780 |
online iq test | 1,487 | sat test | 760 |
free typing test | 1,480 | free personality test | 702 |
insanity test | 1,466 | driving test | 695 |
aptitude test | 1,343 | test lab | 686 |
act test | 1,269 | lsat test prep | 676 |
online test | 1,260 | compatibility test | 663 |
pass a drug test | 1,224 | modem speed test | 647 |
bandwidth speed test | 1,211 | stress test | 642 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "test"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | toets, probeer (attempt, try), poging (attempt, effort), ondersoek (examination, examine, investigation, exploration, explore, investigate, research), navorsing (examination, exploration, investigation, research), eksamen (examination, investigation), aanpak (attempt, try), beproewe (attempt, grieve, try), beproef (attempt, grieve, try). (various references) | |
Albanian | reaktiv (Aerojet, jet, missile, reactive, reagent), provues (demonstrative, evincive, probationary, probative, tentative, tester), provoj (assay, attest, demonstrate, deprive, essay, establish, experience, fit on, make good, manifest, presume, pretend, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, suffer, taste, try, try on, try out, validate, venture, witness), provim (examination, noviciate, novitiate, trial), provë (assay, audition, averment, demonstration, evidence, experiment, fact, fitting, flier, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, taste, tasting, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness), kriter (Canon, criterion, metewand, standard, touchstone), kaloj një provë, ekzaminim (examination, screening), eksperiment (experiment, trial), detyrë kontrolli, analizoj (analyse, analyze, assay, break down, dissect, sift, survey, take stock), analizë (analysis, assay, dissection, survey). (various references) | |
Arabic | تجربة (assay, attempt, experience, experiment, go, proof, shot, trial, try, whirl), إختبار (exam, experience, experiment, ordeal, proof, quiz, trial), إختبار عملي (practical control), إختبار لمعرفة قدرات الإنسان, إمتحان (exam, examination, probation, trial), إمتحن (be examined, examine, proof, put to the proof), الفحص (screening), جرب (experience, experiment, give it a try, give it a whirl, have a go, pilot, proof, scab, tempt, try, try out), جرى تجارب, إختبر (examine, experience, prove, tempt, try), ضبط (accuracy, adjust, check, control, dam, detect, exactitude, frame, govern, inspect, measure, monitor, police, preciseness, precision, punctuality, regularize, regulate, regulation, rightness, school, set, setting, square, strictness, tune, tuning), امتحان (exam), تحليل (analyses, analysis, anatomy, dissection, permission), حلل (analyse, analyze, anatomize, construe, dissect, resolve, take apart, take to pieces), قشرة (bark, cortex, hull, husk, peel, rind, scale, shard, shell, shuck, skin, squama), مباراة (competition, contest, game, match, meeting, race, tournament), مباراة تجريبية, فحص (assay, calibrate, check, check up, checking, control, examination, examine, exploration, explore, inquire about, inquire into, inspect, inspection, investigate, investigation, look into, overhaul, probe, quiz, scrutinize, search, search for, search into, searching, see, sound, survey, vet, view), فحص السكر, فحص النظر, خضع لإختبار. (various references) | |
Aymara | yant'a. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | анализирам с реактив, изп |
