▁CS AT . ▁Se oul ▁Metropolitan ▁Office ▁of ▁Education , ▁Bus an ▁Metropolitan ▁Office ▁of ▁Education ▁( for ▁fresh men ▁and ▁s oph om ores ), ▁G ye ong gi - do ▁Office ▁of ▁Education , ▁and ▁In che on ▁Office ▁of ▁Education ▁take ▁turns ▁creating ▁the ▁questions . ▁K ICE ▁is ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁grad ing ▁and ▁printing ▁the ▁report ▁cards . ▁ ▁The ▁basic ▁structure ▁of ▁this ▁exam ▁is ▁identical ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁CS AT . ▁For ▁mathematics , ▁social ▁studies , ▁science , ▁and ▁second ▁language , ▁the ▁range ▁the ▁exam ▁covers ▁is ▁determined ▁by ▁when ▁the ▁exam ▁is ▁held . ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁the ▁Korean ▁and ▁English ▁sections , ▁the ▁questions ▁are ▁not ▁directly ▁from ▁text books ▁but ▁still ▁constructed ▁in ▁con son ance ▁with ▁the ▁curr icul um . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁there ▁are ▁four ▁N U AT ▁a ▁year ; ▁however , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁same ▁for ▁every ▁district , ▁and ▁some ▁have ▁only ▁two ▁ex ams ▁a ▁year ▁for ▁fresh men ▁and ▁s oph om ores . ▁While ▁the ▁N U AT ▁for ▁fresh men ▁and ▁s oph om ores ▁is ▁held ▁in ▁March , ▁June , ▁September , ▁and ▁November , ▁sen iors ▁take ▁tests ▁in ▁March , ▁April , ▁July , ▁and ▁October ▁to ▁avoid ▁over la pping ▁with ▁months ▁when ▁the ▁CS AT ▁Sim ulation ▁is ▁held ▁( J une ▁and ▁September ). ▁These ▁two ▁tests ▁are ▁appropriate ▁for ▁relative ▁evalu ations ▁such ▁as ▁meas