摘要： “新东方”案是知识产权领域的一个典型案例，其纠纷的焦点直接指向试题。试题是否是作品？试题能否受著作权法保护？试题的保护应否受到限制？“新东方”案促使我们应认真思考这些问题。本文运用著作权法基本理论，在对美国等国家、地区相关规定进行比较法研究的基础上，提出：具有独创性的试题是作品，应受著作权法保护。但是，为维护广大考生利益，促进相关培训类教育事业的发展，我国著作权法应引入强制许可制度，以避免具有不可代替性试题的著作权人垄断市场。

关键词: 试题 , 著作权 , 强制许可

Abstract: The case about“new horizon”is such a representative case in the field of Intellectual property which focused on the test questions directly．But do the test questions belong to the works？Should the test questions be protected bv the Copyright Laws？Should such protection ofthe test questions be restricted？The case about“new horizon”urged us to give such questions a deep consideration．In this paper，we based on the basic theories of Copyright and compared the correlative statutes with some other countries and alias，such as America．Then we put forward that the original test questions Can be divided into works and should be protected by the Copyright laws．But to protect the profits of all the examinees and promote the development of such training careers，the Copyright of our country should bring into the permission by force to avoid the monopolization of such composers with unique test questions．

Key words: test questions, copyright, permission by force