Test centers may vary in the location and arrangementof seating, but your schedule will be very similar to the timing shown below.
Your exam day will consist of two timed sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Instructions begin prior to the start of each timed session.
If you do not sit for the morning session, you will not be permitted to sit for the afternoon session.
Typical Exam Day Schedule
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Activity | Morning Session | Afternoon Session |
Candidates begin check-in process. | 8:00 a.m. | 1:00 p.m. |
Candidates must be seated in testing room. Doors close and announcements begin. Once doors close, candidates will not be allowed to enter the testing room until the timed portion of the exams has started. | 8:30 a.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
Timed session begins. Passports and calculators are checked again. | 9:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. |
Candidates must remain seated for the duration of the session. | 11:30 a.m. | 4:30 p.m. |
Timed session ends. | 12:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. |
Exams collected. Candidates must remain seated at the end of each timed session until all exam materials are collected and reconciled. This may take 10-20 minutes. | 12:20 p.m. | 5:20 p.m. |
Testing Rooms Without Clocks
In testing rooms that do not have clocks thetimekeeper will mark time remaining on a chalkboard or flip chart in thefollowing increments:
Every 30 minutes:
Less than 2.5 hours remain
Less than 2 hours remain
Less than 1.5 hours remain
Less than 60 minutes remain
Then every 15 minutes:
Less than 45 minutes remain
Less than 30 minutes remain (verbal announcement)
Less than 15 minutes remain (verbal announcement)