"set up a test" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it any time you need to refer to the process of organizing a test. For example, "We need to set up a test to measure our students' progress."
"They set up a test they could not fail," he said.
I set up a test: would Basayev withdraw by the deadline set by Putin?
She located one at Star Lincoln in nearby Southfield, Mich., and set up a test drive.
Now the Canadian court has set up a test where not only must a board consider shareholders but the often diverging interests of debt holders.
By Ryan Lizza February 10 , 2017Conway's comment on Ivanka Trump's clothing line set up a test: Would congressional Republicans, especially those with oversight responsibilities, condemn the remark?
Both inside and outside the White House, Conway's violation set up a test: Would congressional Republicans, especially those with oversight responsibilities, condemn the remark?
We set up a test-bed to evaluate the performance of LMM, and compare it with other mobile multicast schemes.
The team has set up a testing station in Nicaragua and plans to continue the project next summer.
The investigators set up a testing program at the nation's most famous fire-testing site, the Underwriters Laboratories, which owns a giant oven into which sections of floor can be placed and burned.
The medical school will also set up a testing and examination center at the attack site to monitor the health of construction workers and investigators who have settled in for months.
With the larger number of eels and the cleaner creeks in Staten Island, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has joined the study and set up a testing site in Richmond Creek, in central Staten Island near La Tourette Golf Course.
