The Genin Exams (下���試験, Genin Shiken),[1] also known as the Graduation Exams (卒業試験, Sotsugyō Shiken) are an opportunity for Academy Students to be promoted to genin.
Originally, Konohagakure students were given a two-phase exam in which they had to be able to properly perform the Clone Technique to pass, and those who succeed will further be tested by a jōnin to determine whether they can officially become genin, or be sent back to the Academy for further training; the second phase was set up to ensure only 33% of the student body would be able to become genin. However, at least ten years after the Fourth Shinobi World War,[2] the graduation process had changed to a timed written test and a twenty-four hour practical application exam the following day.
Trivia[]
- During Kirigakure's reign as the "Village of the Bloody Mist", Academy students wishing to graduate had to fight to the death against their peers.