Examination

noun

1. The act of examining or the state of being examined.

   "the examination of the evidence."

2. A set of questions or exercises testing knowledge or skill.
3. A formal interrogation.

   "examination of the witness."

4. The act of examining, or the state of being examined; scrutiny by inquiry, study, or experiment; careful search and investigation into parts, qualities, conditions, and relations, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth and the real state of things; inspection by observation, interrogation, or trial: as, examination of a ship or a machine; examination of the books of a firm; examination of one's mental condition; examination of a wound, or of a theory or thesis.
5. In legal proceedings: An inquiry into facts by evidence; an attempt to ascertain truth by questioning: as, the examination of a witness.