Exams 23/24

1. What should you do if a student arrives late to the exam hall?

• Ignore the student and continue with the exam
• Allow the student to enter the exam hall quietly, make a note on the incident log and allow the full time of the exam

• Send the student back home
• Publicly shame the student for being late

1. What are the procedures for distributing exam papers to students?

• Let the candidate collect their paper from the front of the exam room

• Keep the exams secure until needed, give out when all candidates are seated, check the candidate name card to give it the correct paper

• Distribute papers randomly without a plan
• Leave papers unattended in the exam room

1. What should you do if a student becomes ill during the exam?

• Ask the student to leave the exam hall immediately
• Contact the exams team by the necessary means

• Ignore the student and continue the exam
• Call the student's parents

Invigilators must be familiar with the JCQ Warning to candidates poster, JCQ Information for candidates (for written examinations and where applicable, for on-screen tests) and the JCQ Unauthorised items poster (and any specific instructions relating to the subject(s) being examined)

• true

• false

Must invigilators always be able to see each candidate in the examination room?

• Yes

• No

Are centres permitted to change invigilators during an examination?

• Yes

• No

What must invigilators do if they have any concerns regarding the security of the question papers?

• Record concerns on the exam incident log

• Inform the head of centre or exam centre

From when, and until which point, are candidates under formal examination conditions (from when candidates must not talk to, attempt to communicate with or disturb other candidates)?

• From the moment they start their exam, until the point they finish

• From the point they enter the exam room to the point they are permitted to leave

• When they pick up their pen

Are candidates permitted to use a correcting pen

• Maybe
• No
• Yes
• Sometimes

Where must candidates do their rough work during the exam?

• The answer paper

• Scrap paper

• Electronic devices
• Rough sheets