[bawolff]

From what i remember of uni, most of the tests i took were not testing if you memorized a concept, but if you could apply it.

Sure the situation was still extremely contrived, but it wasn't simply regurgitating facts

[kenniskrag]

Same in university of applied science in switzerland.

For example you learn a depth first search and in the exam you have to store some information on each step to print it in the end.

You have to learn different proof schemes and use the easiest one for a given hypothesis. Sometimes you get with the wrong one in an endless recursion for example.