Last year 194,660 people signed up for the exams and 148,996 took them. Unlike the civil service exams, the technical and professional exams are a kind of professional qualification and status marker. But they are also different in that obtaining a license by passing them does not guarantee a job.
然而落到現實面，某些職業領域（如藥劑師、建築師等）卻普遍出現「借牌」現象和「有執照不敢開業」的現象；前者等於是「拿租來的駕照開車上路」、後者則是「空有駕照卻不會開車」，兩者都突顯出考試和實務脫節的危機。