There were a total of ten questions in the Myogyo examination, three questions from each of the two compulsory books and three or four questions from two other books; in order to pass the test, students were required to correctly answer six questions.
明経試は必修の2経から計3問と他の2経から3または4問出されて計10問から出題され、6問以上合格する必要があった。