final examination vs run-in

final examination

noun
  • A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period. 

run-in

noun
  • The end-phase of a competition. 

  • An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty. 

adj
  • (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text. 

  • (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts. 

How often have the words final examination and run-in occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )