Structure of test

BJ-CAT Business Japanese Test is consists of 4 sections; Listening, Listening&Reading, Vocaburaly&Grammar and Reading.
Questions and number of questions will differ depending on the accuracy of the examinee's answers.
The test time will also differ among examinees, and will range from 1 to 2 hours.

How to take BJ-CAT

Group Exam and Individual Exam

There are two ways (Group Exam and Individual Exam) to take the BJ-CAT. The difference between the two are as follows.

	Individual Exam	Group Exam
		Multiple ID Issuing Method	Name Specification Method	SP Method	Group Specification Method
Register email address in advance	Necessary	Unnecessary	Unnecessary	Unnecessary	Necessary
Application deadline (excluding weekends and holidays)	———	By a week before	By two weeks before (due to the necessity of receiving the name list from the test proctor)	By a week before	By two weeks before
Suitable scene	Take the test alone at home or school	Take the test alone at home or school・Take the test with others in the computer room	Take the test with others in the computer room	Take the test with others in the computer room	Take the test alone at home or school・Take the test with others in the computer room

Flow of the test

図1: Flow of the Individual Exam

Check “Flow of Group Exam” here (Guidance page for Group Exams).

 

Learn details from the following reference.
今井新悟編著・赤木彌生・中園博美著(2012)『J-CATオフィシャルガイド：コンピュータによる自動採点日本語テスト』
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Learn further details about essays from here (To BJ-CAT Project page)

BJ-CAT pamphlet

BJ-CAT leaflet (Japanese)｜BJ-CAT pamphlet（Japanese）｜BJ-CAT pamphlet（English）