Extensive enrollment, separate training as a kind of personnel training mode is gradually adopted by Chinese universities. Because of the competitiveness method of dividing specialty based on scores, students assigned to non-dominant specialties generally have lower scores and lack the sense of identity to their specialty. In this paper, the status of non-dominant specialty under the mode of classified enrollment and the problems existing in traditional examination system and their influence on non-dominant specialty were analyzed. And it was pointed out that course examinations should aim at making students grasp knowledge points and solve problems. The reform direction of consolidating basic knowledge, strengthening ability training and enhancing the sense of specialty identity was put forward as well. Based on the idea of whole assessment, specific measures such as to test knowledge points per unit, to design exploratory homework, to assign self-study chapters, and to improve examination method were proposed, and preliminary practice has been carried out. Results show that whole assessment and timely feedback of assessment information play a positive role in promoting non-dominant specialty teaching.