Collocations for examination - noun

certification (AmE), entrance
final
He has just completed his final examinations at São Paulo University.

school (esp. BrE)
formal
competitive
Entrance was by competitive examination.

external (esp. BrE), public
One of the teacher's principal duties is to prepare students for external examinations.

A level, GCSE (in the UK)
multiple-choice, oral, practical, written

prepare for, study for
do (BrE), sit (BrE), sit for (AmE), take
She will take her examinations later this year.

fail, pass
set
The examinations are set by individual teachers.

administer

paper, question (both esp. BrE)
He was marking school examination papers during the summer vacation. (BrE)

results (esp. BrE), scores (esp. AmE)
hall, room
process, system
the faults in the examination system

board (BrE)

examination in
He failed his examination in history.

examination on
an examination on human anatomy

careful, close, complete, comprehensive, detailed, full, in-depth, lengthy, rigorous, systematic, thorough
Each of the proposals deserves careful examination.

brief, cursory, superficial
initial, preliminary
further
Most of them don't really bear further examination.

critical
The school curriculum has undergone critical examination in recent years.

microscopic
a microscopic examination of the cell structure

clinical, forensic, medical, physical, post-mortem, psychiatric, scientific
breast, oral, pelvic, rectal, etc.
ultrasound, X-ray, etc.
annual, follow-up (esp. AmE), periodic, routine
a periodic health examination
a routine breast examination

intimate (BrE)
genital checks and other intimate examinations

visual
A visual examination corroborated this.

carry out, conduct, do, make, perform, undertake
He carried out a post-mortem examination.
We will make a more thorough examination of the area later.

come under, be subjected to, be subject to, have, undergo
I was advised to have a full eyesight examination.

require
This argument requires examination from several angles.

allow, permit
Constraints of space do not permit a thorough examination of all of these points.

deserve, warrant
These figures warrant closer examination.

stand up to
His ideas do not stand up to close examination.

confirm sth, demonstrate sth, reveal sth, show sth
A medical examination showed no signs of hypertension.

indicate sth, suggest sth

couch (BrE), table
Patients were asked to lie on the examination table.
She lay on the examination couch and waited for the doctor to return.

room (esp. AmE)
They rushed her into the examination room.

on examination
On closer examination the wood was found to be rotten.

under examination
Several items of clothing are still under examination.

examination on
We did examinations on the bodies.