A class with 500 it’s a mess. I suppose the class is also with 500 people following a lesson. I remember the first year of university the class like these. The exams were totally selective and only 50% of people on average got to second year. Yes some exams were written, then only if you got right at least 15 on 30 questions, you had the chance to go to the oral exam, where you were grilled for 5 minutes and there were 3 teachers in parallel.