Does the formal pen and paper examination measure intelligence?

It is a received notion that pen and paper examination is one of the most efficacious methods of examination, if not the most efficient one, when it comes down to measuring intelligence. In addition, this type of examination is considered to be more suitable in order to examine a vast number of students or candidates in a short period of time. Personally, I firmly believe that there are some drawbacks to it. Learning is a time-consuming and long process. It is of momentous importance to acquire in-depth and detailed knowledge in every aspect of the subjects of learning. Consequently, being assessed and evaluated over such a short period of time with a limited number of questions is not reasonable. Besides, the limited time could give rise to detrimental factors such as anxiety and nervousness which can definitely yield to poor performance and finally, a lack of precision in measuring intelligence. Realising one's abilities and intelligence is not possible via formal pen and paper examination since the existing situation throughout the evaluation session is highly likely to hinder creativity because whether to pass or fail the examination is rather believed to be directly proportional to the number of problems each student has previously solved. Having said that, knowing various solving techniques is one of the most essential requirements of an acceptable in exams. The mentioned fact implies that knowing how to employ the suitable methods for each problem can an examinee pass the test even if s/he does not have a clear understanding of the subject which denotes a false intelligence measurement. The traditional and formal methods of examination, pen and paper in this case, are not reliable since solving a specific problem is their aim rather than finding out if the problem is fully comprehended or not. As a result, they are not a good indication of one's intelligence.