Prometric Testing Center Regulations
- You will be continuously monitored by video, physical walk-throughs and the observation
window during your test. All testing sessions are video and audio recorded.
- You must present valid (unexpired) and acceptable ID(s) in order to take your test. Validity
and number of IDs required is predetermined by your test sponsor.
- You are required to sign out on the test center roster each time you leave the test room. You
must also sign back in and show your ID to the Test Center Administrator (TCA) in order to
be re-admitted to the test room.
- You are prohibited from communicating, publishing, reproducing, or transmitting any part of
your test, in any form or by any means, verbal or written, for any purpose.
- You must not talk to other candidates or refer to their screens, testing materials, or written
notes in the test room.
- You must not use written notes, published materials, or other testing aids, except those
allowed by your test sponsor. (The TCA will refer to the applicable client practice for
allowances.)
- You are allowed to bring soft ear plugs or center-supplied tissues in the test room.
- Any clothing or jewelry items allowed to be worn in the test room must remain on your person
at all times. Removed clothing or jewelry items must be stored in your locker.
- You must not bring any personal/unauthorized items into the testing room. Such items
include but are not limited to: outerwear, hats, food, drinks, purses, briefcases, notebooks,
pagers, watches, cellular telephones, recording devices, and photographic equipment.
Weapons are not allowed at any Prometric Testing Center. You will be asked to empty and
turn your pockets inside out prior to every entry into the test room to confirm that you have no
prohibited items.
- You must return all materials issued to you by the TCA at the end of your test.
- You must comply with the policy of your test sponsor regarding the use of phones during
scheduled breaks in your test.
- Your test may have either scheduled or unscheduled breaks which are determined by your
test sponsor. The TCA can inform you what is specifically permitted during these breaks.
- Repeated or lengthy departures from the test room for unscheduled breaks will be reported
by the TCA.
- If you need access to an item stored in the test center during a break such as food or
medicine, you must inform the TCA before you retrieve the item. You are not allowed to
access any prohibited item (as defined by the client practice applicable for the test you are
taking).
- You must conduct yourself in a civil manner at all times when on the premises of the testing
center. Exhibiting abusive behavior towards the TCA, or any other staff member of the test
center, may result in criminal prosecution.
- To protect the privacy of all testers, the TCA can neither confirm nor deny if any particular
individual is present or scheduled at the test center.
- Persons not scheduled to take a test are not permitted to wait in the test center.
Note: Client practice policies applicable to individual exams may supersede any of these regulations.
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