Ministry of Education

Test Blueprint Manual for National Exit Examination to

be held in 2016 E.C

Program: Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech.) in Electrical

Engineering (control Engineering Stream)

Band: One

Draft Program:

Compiled by:
S/n Name Email Mobile
1 L.Col. Yeshitela Shiferaw (PhD) [email protected] +251911796462
2 Capt. Belaynesh Belachew (M.Tech) [email protected] +251913563345
3 Capt. Kbrom Brhane (M.Tech) [email protected] +251918755158

September, 2023
Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Contents Page
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 2
1.1.Why this blue print needs to be prepared separately for EDU? ………………………………….…….…2

1.2 Objectives of the Exit Examination .............................................................................2

2. Objective of Test Blueprint Preparation……………………………………………….....3

3. Programe Objective ……………………………………………………………………...4
3.1 General Objective…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...4

3.2 Specific Objectives…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4

4. Profile of the Graduate……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

5. Competencies and Learning outcomes ………………………………………………………………………………….…..6

5.1 Learning outcomes………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….6

5.2 Competencies…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…7

6. Themes and List of Courses ............................................................................................... 8

7. Share of the Themes/Courses/Items in Percentage …………………………………..…10
8. Test Blueprint (Table Specification) for Bachelor of Technology in Electrical
Engineering (Control Engineering).......................................................................................... 12
9. Share of Competencies (KSA) per Courses…………………………………………………………………………..…….19

10. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….20

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1. Introduction

The Ministry of Education of Ethiopia has announced the implementation of exit

exam for all undergraduate program students (public and private), beginning from the
2022/2023 academic year, in order to improve the quality of graduates produced by
higher learning institutions. The exit exam aimed at checking whether students have
acquired the required knowledge, skills and attitudes or not. To implement this, it
requires determining competency areas for a specific program, which is already
completed. Based on the competency areas prepared, there is a need to plan the
construction of tests.

Planning of a test is a first and vital step in the construction of an achievement test.
An achievement test demands very systematic and careful planning as good planning is a
symbol of success. Tests are the tools that provide scores that measure level of student
learning and study program learning outcomes. In order to achieve a valid and reliable
measurement of student learning and program learning outcomes, the development of
valid and reliable test is mandatory. A test should be able to measure students’
performance in all dimensions of knowledge, skill and attitude. A carefully planned test
construction helps to improve the overall quality of the test in terms of test content
validity, difficulty level, discrimination power and test reliability. Test preparation is not
an easy task; it requires a careful planning and guideline to make the task simple. Test
construction needs the preparation of test blueprint. Test blueprint is defined as a
complete plan that explains how to develop a test. The term refers to a map or
specification of assessment to ensure that all aspects of the curriculum and educational
domains are covered by the assessment programs over a specified period of time. It helps
curriculum developers/test constructors to match various competencies with the course
content and the appropriate modality of assessment.

Generally, test blueprint will help to ensure that tests: 1) Appropriately assess the
achievement of instructional objectives of the course; 2) Appropriately reflect key course
goals, objectives and the material learned or covered during the instruction period; and 3)
Include the appropriate item formats along with the knowledge and skills being assessed.

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 Keeping this in mind, the team has prepared this test blueprint manual for control
engineering program in order to help test developers or content specialists in the process
of valid and reliable test construction. The major points considered in preparing this test
blueprint guideline were the core competencies that have been already identified for the
themes of courses, the course contents (syllabus), course credit hours, and the learning
outcomes with their corresponding levels of achievement by learning domains.
In this blueprint, the total number of test items that will appear in the exit exam for
control engineering program is set to be 100 in order to adequately assess the
performance of students in the relevant competency areas. Once this number was set, it
was further distributed among themes, with the share of each theme determined by its
total credit hour. Themes with large credit hours take large share of the total items while
themes with small credit hours take small share of the total items.
1.1. Why this blue print needs to be prepared separately for EDU?

The engineering programs offered at the Ethiopian Defence University College of

Engineering are designed to enhance and modernize various defense sectors across different
engineering fields. As a result, specialized courses with a military focus have been
incorporated into all programs. However, the competencies developed for graduates of
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in related programs and streams may not fully align
with the objectives and competencies established for graduates of the Ethiopian Defence
University College of Engineering. In light of this, a distinct test blue print has been created
specifically for the control engineering program at the Ethiopian Defence University,
focusing on the competency requirements of courses like Combat Vehicle Automatic Control
System.

1.2. Objectives of the Exit Examination

The national public administration exit exam shall have the following objectives

 To produce skilled and competent manpower for national and international

markets.
 Inspire graduates in acquiring fundamental skills and knowledge in
Communication Engineering core courses.

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  Enhance graduates’ chance to win scholarships for further studies and projects.
 Assessing students’ educational achievement in major areas of Communication
Engineering.
 Ensuring whether the graduation profile of the Electronics Engineering curriculum
has achieved at least common standards of knowledge and practical skills.
 Improving Ministry of Defence & Public trust and confidence in graduates
working as industry specialists, entrepreneurs, education sectors, and Defence &
public administration activities of professionals.
 Facilitating the efforts of students to revise the core learning outcomes of the
courses covered by the exit examination
 It is used to evaluate the competency requirements of diverse stakeholders within
the defense sectors. This entails assessing the knowledge and skills necessary to
meet the specific demands and expectations of defense-related professions.
 By aligning the exam with the needs of stakeholders, it ensures that graduates
possess the competencies required to excel in defense-related roles and contribute
effectively to the defense sector
 Creating a competitive spirit among Electronics/Electrical Engineering
departments in Ethiopia with the view to encouraging them to give due attention
to the national standards.

2. Objective of Test Blueprint Preparation

Test blueprint preparation is generally opted to assist the preparation of a test that is
representative, broadly sampled, and consisting of complete knowledge domain expected of
the Ethiopian higher education students on completion of their study program. The specific
objectives of test blueprint are to:
 Facilitate the construction of a representative and balanced test items for the selected
courses in accordance with the competencies identified.
 Guide test developers or writers to write or set appropriate test items.

Generally, test blueprint will help to ensure tests:

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  Appropriately assess the achievement of instructional objectives of the course;
 Appropriately reflect key course goals, objectives and the material learned or covered
during the instruction period; and
 Include the appropriate item formats along with the knowledge and skills being
assessed.
Keeping this in mind, the team has prepared this test blueprint document in order to help
the test developers or content specialists in their process of valid and reliable test
construction. The major points considered in the process of preparing this test blue print
guideline were the core competencies that have been already identified for the themes of
courses, the course contents, course credit hours, and the learning outcomes with their
corresponding levels of achievement by learning domains. In line with these, the number of
test items that should adequately assess the performance of students in all the content topics
will be determined through discussion with the content specialists who construct the blueprint
and test for their corresponding study program.

3. Program Objectives
3.1 General Objective

Bachelor of Technology Degree (B-Tech) in Electrical Engineering with Stream in

control Engineering aims:
 To design, develop and analyze control of a system applied for monitoring,
data acquisition and data analysis of electrical and non-electrical systems including
digital, analogue, robust and higher order controllers.
 Plan, produce, install, implement, operate and maintain the control of a
system.

3.2 Specific Objectives

After completing the Electrical Engineering program, graduate students will be able to:

 Train engineers in Electrical engineering with a specialization in Control engineering.

 Enhance kills, knowledge, and attitude necessary for modification, upgrade, model,
design, and research of control systems.
 Focus on the development of cutting-edge technologies in control systems, including
real-world experience in modeling control system problems, analysis, design and
implementation,

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  Develop state space representation of control system, analyze system modeling,
 Construct an algorithm for Process control using PID tuning methods and implement
it for real time application,
 Classify different types of process control configurations
 Evaluate the various control systems of Combat vehicles.
 Prepare engineers for applications of these technologies in various defense and allied
industries,
 Modernize existing defense technologies used by the Ministry of Defense.

4. Profiles of the Graduates

On successful completion of the program, the graduates will acquire the following attitude,
knowledge and skills.

Attitude

 Maintains the honors and reputations of Defense by virtue of being a role model
in the society

 Be aware of military ethical obligations and to have an ability to perform them

 Be cooperative and critical thinker

 Be corruption free and ready to fight against the practice

 Appreciates/respects intellectual property rights and denounce plagiarism

 Be conscious of resources, jurisdiction and time

 Be disciplined, hard-working, and physically fit

 Involve in life-long learning, exploring new frontiers

 Show curiosity to environment

 Function in multi-disciplinary teams

 Work independently, assuming responsibility

 Observe national and international standards and regulations

 Internalize leading, motivating and caring professionals

Knowledge

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  Recall fundamentals in the field of modern and digital control systems

 Demonstrate concepts to utilize feedback when designing control systems

 Analyze dynamic systems and design of controllers that will cause the systems
to behave in the desired manner

 Understand and appraise use of Modern Control methods in Industries and

Research areas.

 Design and Analyze Industrial Control Systems applied in Defence Industries

and Armored vehicles

 Plan and Produce Automatic Control System.

 Prepare specifications for various components of Control Systems

Skills

 Install Programs, and Modify and maintain any Automated System,

 Adopt Electrical Drives for Military applications and Armament Control

 Construct, Install, Control, Operate and Maintain Automatic control system

 Develop and Maintain Industrial Control Systems applied in Defence Industries

and Armored vehicles,

 Implement, Operate and manage Automatic Control System,

 Adapt reverse engineering in the field of Control Engineering.

5. Competencies and Learning Outcomes

5.1. Learning Outcomes
After completing the Electrical Engineering program, graduate students will be able to:

 Understand the basic concepts and the fundamental tools to analyze electric circuits.
 Understand to analyze and design different electrical networks.
 Understand the principles of electromechanical energy conversion, construction,
operating principle, and performance of transformer, DC and AC machines.
 Describe the principles of power semi-conductor devices and power electronic
converters with their applications.

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  Describes the principles and applications regarding wiring design & installation in the
context of electrical regulation and standards.
 To get real-world experience in modeling, control system problems, analysis, design
and implementation.
 Develop state space representation of control system, analyze system modeling,
design
 Understand processes control tuning methods
 Understand different types of process control configurations
 Understand the application distributed system control in process control.
 Construct an algorithm for Process control using PID tuning methods and implement
it for real time application.
 Appreciate the use of Control algorithms for process Control Applications.

5.2. Competencies

Sl.No Areas of
Expected Competencies to be achieved
Competency
1. Knowledge Generally, Graduates will be contribute in the worlds of job,

 Formulate different electrical applications with the knowledge of

signal system, digital electronics, network analysis, electric circuit
& device
 Solve electrical problems using the knowledge of basic electrical
circuit analysis
 Analyze dynamic systems and design of controllers using the
knowledge of classical and modern control system.

2. Skill  Install Programs, and modify and maintain any Automated System
using the concepts of control system
 Implement, Operate and manage Automatic Control System,
 Adapt reverse engineering in the field of Control Engineering
 Construct, Install, Control, Operate and Maintain Electrical
Machines using the concept of power enginnering
 Construct, Install, Operate and Maintain Power Electronic Devices,

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  Prepare specifications of various Electrical Equipment,
 Apply reverse Engineering to control Systems, Power Electronics,
Electrical Machines and Drives areas
3. Attitude  Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities of electrical
engineering in global, economic, environmental, and societal
contexts for reliable power supply
 Aspire for further studies to acquire new knowledge and emerging
technologies to be a competitive electrical scientist and engineer
globally.
 Communicate effectively and function within a team to collaborate
and create an inclusive environment with the scientific community
and stakeholders

6. Themes and List of Courses

Table 6-1: Themes, List of Courses, Credit Hours, and ECTS.

S/N Themes List of Course Credit ECTS

Hour
Electrical circuit analysis 6 10
Electrical Engineering
1 Network analysis and synthesis 3 5
Fundamentals:
Signals and System Analysis 3 5
Sub Total 12 20

2 Electronics and Digital Electronic devices and circuit 4 7

Design Digital logic design 3 5
Sub Total 7 12

3 computer Computer programming 3 5

Programming:
Sub Total 3 5

4 Electrical Machine 7 12
Building and industrial electrical 4 7
Electrical machines and
installation
drives
Power electronics 4 7
Fundamental of electric drives 4 7
Sub Total 19 33

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5 Control systems Introduction to control system 3 5
Modern control system 3 5
Process control Fundamentals 3 5
Combat Veh. Automatic Control 3 5
System
Sub Total 12 20
Total 53 90

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 7. Share of the Themes/Courses/Items in Percentage

Table 6.1 Share of themes, courses and items of a course from a total of 100 test items

Themes Course Name Cr. hr Weight of Number of test items Cognitive

course or proportion from each course

Psychomotor
Understand
Remember

Affective
Evaluate
Analyze

Create
Apply

Total
Electrical Engineering Electrical Circuit analysis 6 6/12 = 0.5 0.5* 23 = 11 2 2 2 2 1 2 - - 11
Fundamentals
Network analysis and synthesis 3 3/12 = 0.25 0.25 * 23 = 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 6
Share = 23 items from
the total
Signal and system analysis 3 3/12 = 0.25 0.23 * 36 = 6 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 6
Total credit 12

Electronics and Digital Electronic devices and circuit 4 4/7= 0.571 0.571 * 13 = 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 7
Design
Share = 13 items from
Digital logic design 3 3/7 = 0.428 0.428 * 13 = 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 6

the total Total credit 7

Programming Computer Programming 3 3/3 = 1 1*6=6 2 1 - - 1 1 - 1 6
Total credit 3
Share=6 items from
the total
Electrical machine and Electrical Machine 7 7/19 = 0.368 0.368 * 36 = 13 2 3 3 2 2 1 - - 13

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drives 4 4/19 = 0.210 0.210 * 36 = 8 1 2 1 1 1 2 - - 8
Share=36 items from Building and industrial
the total electrical installation
Power electronics 4 4/19 = 0.210 0.210 * 36 = 8 1 1 2 1 1 1 - 1 8
Fundamental of electric drives 4 4/19 = 0.210 0.210 * 36 = 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 7

Total credit 19

Control systems Introduction to control system 3 3/12 = 0.25 0.25 * 22 = 5 - 2 - 1 1 1 - - 5

Modern control system 3 3/12 = 0.25 0.25 * 22 = 6 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 6
Share=22 items from Process control Fundamentals 3 3/12 = 0.25 0.25 * 22 = 5 - 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 5
the total
Combat Veh. Automatic Control 3 3/12 = 0.25 0.25 * 22 = 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 6
System
Total credit 12

Total credit of the program 53 15 19 14 15 15 15 3 4 100

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 8. Test Blueprint (Table Specification) for Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering (Control Engineering)
Table 8.1 Test blue Print (Table of specification) for Control Engineering

Themes Cre Sha Sha Learning Domains

dit re Name Cr re Learning outcomes
Ho of of edi of Cognitive

Psychomotor
ur the Course t Co

Affective
of the s Ho ur
the mes ur ses
me in Competency/
no. General
Objective

Creation/Synthes
Understanding
Remembering

Application

Evaluation
Analysis

is
Electric 12 23 Electri 6 11 To introduce  Understand the basic 1 1 - - 1 - -
al cal the basic electromagnetic phenomenon,
Enginee Circuit concepts and circuit variables and
ring analysi the parameters
Fundam s fundamental  Understand and apply the 1 1 1 1 - - - -
entals tools to analyze fundamental and derived
DC and AC circuit laws and theorems to
electric the analysis of dc circuits
circuits.  Understand and apply the - - 1 1 1 1 -
fundamental and derived
circuit laws and theorems to
the analysis of steady state
poly-phase ac circuits;
Networ 3 6 To able the  Understand and apply the 1 1 1 - - 1 - -
k students techniques of modelling,

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 analysi analyze and analysis, design and synthesis
s and design different of 1- and 2- port passive and
synthes electrical active electric networks
is networks.  Analyze different types of
electrical network,
- - - 1 1 - - -
configuration of attenuator,
equalizer and filter circuit
Signal 3 6 To give an  Understand and apply the 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 -
and understanding representation, classification,
system of the basics characterization and analysis
analysi and the of signals and systems in time
s mathematical and frequency domains
tools for
analyzing
continuous and
discrete time
signals and
systems.
Electron 7 13 Electro 4 7 To introduce  Acquire knowledge of the 1 - - -
ics and nic the students to basics of Semiconductor
Digital devices the basic technology in the application
Design and electrical and of electronics equipment,
circuit magnetic  Be able to explain operational - 1 1 1
properties of principle of Semiconductor
electrical devices (Diodes, BJT and
engineering FET) and the analysis, design
materials. and application of electronic
circuits, such as amplifiers,
 Familiarize with sample - 1 1 1 -
applications and design
guidelines of electronic
circuits

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 Digital 3 6 To expose and  To introduce students with 1 - 1 - - 1 -
logic familiarize principles of Digital Systems
design students with  To study property and
the basic realization of the various logic
concepts, gates
principles,
analysis, and  To make the student able to - 1 - 1 1 - - -
design of design Combinational and
combinational Sequential Systems
& sequential
circuits
Progra 3 6 Compu 3 6 To enable the  Familiarize students with 1 - - - - - - -
mming ter students to components of computers
Progra understand  Define common terminologies 1 - - -- - - - -
mming fundamental of used in programming
computer  Explain the steps, tools and - 1 - - - - - -
programming technical approaches involved
concepts using in program design
C  Use the techniques of program - - - - - 1 - -
design to develop programs
that solve real life problems
 Utilize advanced concepts of - - - - 1 - - 1
programming to provide better
solutions
Electric 19 36 Electri 7 13 To introduce  Understand principles of 1 1 1 - 1 - - -
al cal students to the electromechanically energy
machine Machi principles of conversion, the constriction
and ne electromechani and principles of transformers,
drives cal energy DC and AC machines
conversion,  Understand the characteristics - 1 1 1 - 1 - -
construction, and derive EMF equations of
operating transformers, DC and AC
principle, and machines.

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 performance of  Understand the construction, 1 1 1 1 1 - - -
transformer, operation and speed control,
DC and AC starting methods,
machines. characteristics and application
of induction motors
Buildin 4 8 To introduce  Understand electrical circuits 1 1 - 1 - - - -
g and students to the and symbols, and wiring
industr principles and diagram, basic concept of
ial applications illumination and different
electric regarding types of lamps, light
al wiring design generation methods.
installa & installation  Understand and analyze - - 1 - - 1 - -
tion in the context illumination design, about
of electrical earthing and its purpose, cable
regulation. size determination.
 Understand and analyze 1 - 1 1 -
installation estimating and
costing and testing.
Power 4 8 To introduce  To understand the basics of 1 - 1 - - - - -
electro students the power semiconductors as
nics principles of applied to power electronics
power  To understand the operation of - 1 - - 1 - - -
semiconductor different power electronic
devices and converters
power  To know the application of - - 1 - - - - -
electronic power electronic converters
converters with for a particular purpose
their  Develop simple power - - - 1 -- 1 - 1
applications electronic converter topologies
to meet certain functional
specifications
Funda 4 7 To introduce  Establish a good 1 1 - -- - - - -
mental basic concepts understanding of electrical
of of Electrical drive components and
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 electric drives and their dynamics of electrical drives
drives control
mechanisms.
 Analyze and design dc and - - 1 1 1 - - -
induction motor drive for
industrial application.
 Indentify different kind of - - - - - 1 1 -
PWM techniques with their
advantages and disadvantages

Control 12 22 Introdu 3 5 This course is  Establish a good - - - - 1 - - -

systems ction aimed to enable understanding of a control
to students to get problem, application and
control real-world control system components
system experience in and Derive the mathematical
modeling, model of a variety of
control system electrical, mechanical, and
problems, electromechanical systems
analysis, design  Understand block diagram and - 1 - - - - - -
and Signal Flow Graph
implementation representation of a system
.  Establish a good - 1 -- - - 1 - -
understanding of time
response of systems to
impulse, step, ramp, and time
domain system specifications,
root locus and effect of adding
poles and zeros and the
concept of frequency response,
Bode plot, Polar plot.
 Analyze stability of a dynamic - - - 1 -- - - -
system and design a controller
using frequency domain
technique
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  Design a controller using - - - - - - - -
frequency domain technique
Moder 3 6 It is aimed at  Establish a good 1 -
n enabling understanding of modern
control students control system and application
system understand,  Derive the mathematical 1 -
develop state model of a variety of
space electrical, mechanical, and
representation electromechanical systems
of control using State Space Model and
system, analyze represent it in different kinds
system of state space model
modeling,  Understand formulation of - - 1
design and transfer functions from
synthesize dynamic equation and how to
controller in solve of a system in state
state space. space model
 Establish a good - - 1
understanding of
controllability and
observability state feedback
control design full order
observer design and stability
analysis in state space
 Using Matlab/Simulink 1 - 1
simulate a control system for a
given application
Proces 3 5 To understand  Students able to understand - 1 - 1
s the concepts of basic methods of modelling
control advanced and analysis of dynamic
Funda industrial processes
mental process control  Understand processes control - - 1
s tuning methods

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  Understand different types of - - 1
process control configurations
 Construct an algorithm for - - 1
Process control using PID
tuning methods and implement
it for real time application.
Comba 3 6 To enable the  Able to analyse the various 1
t Veh. students to mechanical, electrical and
Autom understand, electronic control system in
atic analyse and the tank.
Contro evaluate the  understand the concepts of 1 -
l various control engine and transmission
System systems of controls for various systems
Combat
vehicles.  understand the concept of fire - 1 -
control systems automatic,
firefighting system
 Solve control system problems 1
of various combat vehicles
 Should be able to analyse the  1 - 1 -
design of various automatic
control systems and select for
utilization on the combat
vehicles.
Total 53 100 15 19 14 15 15 15 3 4

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 9. Share of Competencies (KSA) per Courses
S/N Themes Course Name Credit Share of Share of competencies (%) Total
Hour courses (%) Knowledge Skill Attitude

1. Fundamental of Electrical Circuit analysis 6 11 10 1 - 11

Electrical
Network analysis and synthesis 3 6 5 1 - 6

Signal and system analysis 3 6 5 1 - 6

2. Electronics and Digital Electronic devices and circuit 4 7 6 1 - 7

Design
Digital logic design 3 6 5 1 - 6

3. Programming Computer Programming 3 6 5 1 - 6

4. Electrical machine and Electrical Machine 7 13 11 2 - 13
drives
Building and industrial electrical installation 4 8 7 1 - 8
Power electronics 4 8 7 1 - 8
Fundamental of electric drives 4 7 6 1 - 7

5. Control systems Introduction to control system 3 5 4 1 - 5

Modern control system 3 6 5 1 - 6

Process control Fundamentals 3 5 4 1 - 5

Combat Veh. Automatic Control System 3 6 5 1 - 6

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Total 53 100 85 15 - 100

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 10.Conclusion

Exit examination can have a vital role in producing knowledgeable, skillful and attitudinally matured
graduates. It also helps in improving academic programs quality and effectiveness. Furthermore, it can create
the platform for cooperation among academic programs at different universities to work jointly to improve
the programs quality.
Based on identified graduate profiles, competencies and learning outcomes fourteen (14) courses
were selected to evaluate the competency of the target group through exit examination. The draft exit exam
test blueprint is prepared to assist the preparation of a test that is representative, broadly sampled, and
consisting of complete knowledge domain expected of the Ethiopian higher education students on
completion of their study program. This draft exit exam test blueprint should be reviewed and discussed with
all the other universities and stakeholders (Defence sectors). Accordingly, the list of courses may be updated
based on curriculum revision if there is an addition or removal from the identified set.
For successful competency evaluation of the students the following key points should be taken into account.
 The examination questions should focus on key knowledge of each specific course instead of detailed
assessment that has already been undertaken in their course work.
 The examination questions should focus on long-term knowledge and transferrable skill. It should also
take into account the student credit hour load during graduation time.
 The timing and administration of the competency examination should not be a hindrance for timely
graduation.

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