The main sources of the problems were the lack of meaningful rules, disorganized administration and poorly designed questions.
究其失敗的原因，主要是法令紛歧，各有關部門也有各自為政之嫌，而主管單位行政人員的人手與學養又不足，因此出題未經周詳設計，無法準確測出技術人員的水準。