The exam has a bunch of entrance material. I presume, not American. The exam in university is a very tiny margin of your grades or doctorate. 40%. The rest is your coursework? 60%? Subject depending. Yes the exam is often multiple choice questions and answers, except when it is a test on grammar, or various subjects, also requiring written work on the exam. But the fact dumbass is isn't the coursework. It isn't homework. It has nothing to do with teacher's grading. Wrong, teacher's grading and teaching influence how a student learns, and takes their exams. It is the exam board who grade exams.

This topic again isn't higher education.