The state legislature and federal government have decided that arithmetic is more useful than category theory. I agree with them completely, and I'm one of those rare people who is extremely sympathetic to category theory.
So yes, I think tests are doing the right thing here - making sure the teacher does his job before he goes off on random tangents.
So yes, I think tests are doing the right thing here - making sure the teacher does his job before he goes off on random tangents.