Viva Voce

Assessment & Evaluation

An oral examination in which a student answers questions live before an examiner.

Viva Voce is an oral examination in which a student answers questions live before an examiner.

Related Terms
Video Assessment
The evaluation of recorded student responses such as spoken answers, presentations or demonstrations, often used for communication, viva or skill checks.
Subjective Assessment
Open-ended responses such as essays and long answers that require a grader's judgment to evaluate.
Evaluation
The overall judgment of student learning, performance or program quality against defined criteria.
Academic Integrity
Honest and ethical conduct in scholarship, including avoiding plagiarism, cheating and fabrication.
Adaptive Testing
An exam that adjusts question difficulty in real time based on the test-taker's previous answers.