Test your knowledge - Invigilation training

True or false:

The invigilator must be present at all times.

• True

• False

• Not sure

Who can invigilate?

• A peer mentor

• The teacher (with appropriate training)

• A teacher of another subject (with appropriate training)

• The inclusion practitioner working with the learners (with appropriate training)

• A member of staff with appropriate training who has not had any responsibility in preparing the candidates

True or false:

Invigilators can prompt learners by rewording or rephrasing a question.

• True

• False

• Only the Inclusion Practitioner can

True or false:

After the exam the question papers must be sealed in an envelope and stored by the exams officer.

• True

• False

• Not sure

Should seating plans must be drawn and signed?

• Yes

• No

• You do not need a seating plan if you have a register

True or false:

As we work in a prison, we do not need to display or mention that mobile phones or electronic devices are not allowed.

• True

• False

• Not sure

You can give...

• Regular time updates and announcements

• A 20 minute, 10 minute and 5 minute warning

• A 5 minute warning

• No time updates are allowed

Seating plans should...

• be drawn, signed and sent with the exam papers

• drawn, signed and kept by the invigilator (for 6 months)

• drawn, signed and stored away by the exams officer (for 6 months)

• drawn, signed and handed to the education manager (for 6 months)

True/ False:

A learner wishing to go to the toilet in the middle of the exam should be recorded as an interruption.

• True

• False

• I am not sure

True or false:

If the invigilator needs to leave the room, they can ask an officer to step in whilst they are away from the room.

• True

• False

• I am not sure