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If it is a career that doesn't need a degree then could also argue they don't even need to go the conventional academic route to succeed in the field with lot of free resources and universities even putting up lectures online for free if learning is the only goal.
But, for university I think just ability to pass a test is a really bare minimum bar to pass in route to degrees that require certification. These aren't grade school kids being asked of it but adults.
So I think the whole trying to accommodate for inability to take an exam or discussions of is it really applicable to measuring proficiency among poor test takers at a university level no longer applies. University I think is about networking and exams are just a really easy method to catch people who shouldn't waste further years and money, since passing them is going to end up hurting them more in the long run.