@Buff - Like I said, it's a hero exam, which as the name implies, tests your qualifications to be a hero. These wannabe heroes should've known better. But they didn't, and it cost them. Some of the weaker ones could've passed if they figured out the hero point mechanic. So in that sense, everyone except Izuku screwed up.

It's like a trick question in an exam.

So I'm not only faulting their lack of heroism. I'm also faulting their lack of insight. It's like these kids haven't read a single shounen manga in their life despite being in Japan. And they wanna be heroes for crying out loud.