Among the factors influencing the exam results, cognitive characteristics are considered: intelligence, working memory, information processing speed (Verbitskaya, Zinchenko, Malykh & Tikhomirova, 2017; Tikhomirova, Kovas, 2012; Romanova, 2013; Mazurova, 2012; Smirnov, Kornilova, 2007; Deary, Strand, Smith, Fernandes, 2007; Sternberg, Grigorenko, Bundy, 2001) and personal: motivational, characterological, temperamental features, emotional stability and anxiety (Gordeeva, Osin, 2012, Eremina, 2007; Chibisova, 2008; Prokhorov, 2012; Strigius, 2012; Spielberger, Vagg, 1995; Furnham, Chamorro-Premuzic, McDougall, 2002).