While the team wait in line for the first exam, Konohamaru tells Neji that Naruto will not attend the new exams during training, while Ino, Choji, Sakura, Team 8 and Guy did. As hosts, Shikamaru and Temari tell both separated genins in three rooms that anyone who scores over 100 points on the 30 minute writing test will fail. As the genin at each room deduce the test, Sakura and Neji learn that each team can earn 100 points as max limit in order to pass the exam.