A new test that supposedly determines one's tendency to be corrupt has been designed and will be used in Jiangsu province.

The test, which will be given to all civil servants of the province, is part of the province's determined efforts to curb corruption in government.

Introduced by the procuratorate in Gulou district in Nanjing, the said test consists of a series of 34 questions, some relating to sensitive private matters. 

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According to authorities who sought the use of the test, a high score in the test signifies a strong tendency to be corrupt.  The higher the score one gets, the greater the likelihood of his being prone to corruption.

Mei Kun, deputy procurator of the procuratorate, said that the test will not just make those in civil service aware of the possible risks that they face but it will also serve as a warning to them.

Mei said that all test scores will be treated as confidential and all answers to the test will only be known by those who administer the test.

The test was co-designed by the Gulou district procuratorate, the discipline inspection commission of the district and the Nanjing University control research institute. Since January, the test has been given to more than 2,000 of the district's civil servants.

According to Mei, Nanjing has had a corruption prevention center since 2000 but the center only mainly utilized traditional methodologies like group studies and corruption case analysis.

In 2013, a total of 10,357 corrupt officials in Jiangsu were punished by disciplinary authorities, according to figures from the commission for discipline inspection.

On a nationwide level, over 180,000 corrupt government officials were punished in 2013, based on data from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Extensive research done by Di Xiaohua, who is the director of the research institute, formed the basis of the test.

As part of the research Di conducted, Di met with 47 convicted officials in five different prisons and analyzed responses to a questionnaire of 200 other people convicted for corruption.

"The test is better than regular anti-corruption alerts because it provides a chance for high-ranking officials, who often face temptation, to reflect," Di said.