Open AccessThe Relationship Of College Admission Test And Mock Board Examination To The Licensure Examination For Customs Brokers
Author(s) -
Karenina P. Depamaylo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
proceedings journal of interdisciplinary research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2423-298X
pISSN - 2423-2998
DOI - 10.21016/irrc.2015.au12ef85o
Subject(s) - licensure , test (biology) , final examination , oral examination , medical education , psychology , medicine , family medicine , paleontology , biology , oral health
Admission tests in college assess students’ readiness for the college level education while mock board examination evaluates readiness for the licensure examination. The performance of BS Customs Administration students in these two tests and their relationship to their performance in the Licensure Examination for Customs Brokers (LECB) were considered in the investigation. Using inferential statistics, scores in the entrance examination and ratings in the mock board examination of BSCA students for the past four years were correlated with their ratings in the LECB. A total of 66 students who graduated from 2011 to 2014 who took the licensure examination and with complete entrance exams and mock board exam records served as respondents of this study. Results revealed a positive significant relationship between the composite score in the admission test and students’ scores in the four subjects of the LECB: Customs Laws and Implementing Rules and Regulations; Tariff Laws and International Trade Agreements; Warehousing, Transportation and Cargo Handling Operations; and Practical Computations of Customs Duties, Taxes, and other charges. Ratings in the four subject areas of the mock board examination were also significantly related to scores in the equivalent subject areas of the LECB. The study concludes the importance of entrance tests as part of the admission policy in the BSCA program and the mock board examination in improving the performance of graduates in the Licensure Examination for Customs Brokers.