I disagree, testing in higher learning can direct young men appropriately. In addition it can prove to some parents that some of these men are NOT cut out to be bench warmers and should be pursuing other goals, goals that they may desperately want to pursue. If you don’t pass the bechinas you might have to get another chavrusa that will push you harder or hold you more accountable, or you might have to learn that sefer all over again to make sure you truly understand it before you move ahead. Or you might have to rethink why you are there in the first place.
You are sitting in Yeshiva “learning” instead of going out to make a parnasa so that is your job and you had better take it seriously. If you were at work you would have to prove yourself to earn your wages and if you have the luxury of being allowed to learn then you had better prove yourself as well. If you love learning but you don’t take it seriously that you can be tested on it, then it is just a hobby and you should be doing it in your spare time.