Strangely, the Examination Yuan traditionally tended to restrict the numbers of passing students as a means of controlling professional quality, employing free-response essay questions that tested specialized knowledge.
2002 年，考試院終於同意將建築師高考從「一考定生死」改為「科別及格制」── 6 個專業科目中，及格者可保留成績 3 年，3 年內全數通過便算考取，然而這 6 年下來，平均及格率仍然低於 7％。