remote invigilated EXAMS 

Online invgilated examinations offered by TÜV SÜD UK Academy are monitored online in real time by an Invgiliator proctor. Participants can contact the online examination supervisor via the chat function. The instructions of the online examination supervisor must be followed.

WHAT IS An invigilated EXAM?

An invigilated exam is a timed assessment conducted on an online platform, where candidates' activities, webcam video, and audio are monitored. In our case, there is a human invigilator supervising the exam via webcam to ensure the authenticity of the test taker. Additionally, we offer a software system option that monitors the test taker during the exam, providing them with greater flexibility to take the test at their convenience. To learn more about the Online Remote Invigilating Tool, click here.

WHAT IS A remote invigilated EXAM?

An online invigilated exam is a timed assessment via an online platform in which the candidates’ activity, webcam video, and audio are monitored. In our case, there is a human invigilator that supervises the exam taking place via a webcam to ensure the authenticity of the test taker and prevents them from cheating.

WHAT IS An invigilator?

An invigilators job is to overlook test takers during examinations for the main purpose of ensuring that they don’t cheat. This is done with the help of a real-time test invigilator present online during the duration of the assessment via webcam surveillance.

WHAT IS invigilation?

Also known as proctoring, invigilation is the act of supervising candidates during an examination. The purpose of this is to ensure that the exam process is fair and equal for all candidates. When the stakes are high, it’s crucial to guard against cheating, impersonating a candidate, or copying questions to share with others.

ONLINE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

Online invigilated exams are timed exams that are taken online while the invigilator monitors the test takers’ computer browser activity, webcam video, and audio during the exam. But before the test begins, the candidate is required to fill in their details like name, date of birth, age, and gender to ensure their authenticity. The test taker is expected to show ID proof for facial recognition. In the same step, the microphone and webcam are tested to avoid any errors during the assessment.

Once the ID verification has taken place, checks are conducted on the candidates’ exam environments to prevent any cheating from taking place.

The rules of the online proctored exam are explained to the candidates. This typically includes things like no speaking, referring to notes, using other software on a computer or copying down exam content to share with others. Once that is done, then the real assessment can begin. During the assessment, the candidates are monitored to ensure that they follow the rules. Each of these steps is designed to ensure that the assessment is completely fair and prevent any test fraud from taking place. The proctor will authenticate students’ IDs, keep track of time, and watch students to make sure that they are following test guidelines and instructions.

IS THERE A COST TO RETAKE THE EXAMINATION, SHOULD I NOT PASS?

If your online training course has an invigilated examination included you will have one attempt to earn your TÜV SÜD certification. If you are not successful at your first attempt, a certificate of attendance will be granted. If you are looking to obtain your certificate of achievement/completion, please be mindful that you must pay a fee to retake the exam.

WHAT IS THE RETAKE POLICY FOR EXAMS?

The following applies to all TÜV SÜD UK Academy examinations that grant a certificate of achievement on successfully completion of the final examination:

• After you complete your training course, the first time an exam is taken is considered a “first attempt” and not a retake.
• If a certification exam is not successfully completed on the first attempt, there is no waiting period before taking the exam a second time.
• A second attempt (first retake) of an exam can be done immediately after the first attempt for a fee.
• Third and further attempts at taking this exam can be done for a fee each attempt.
• Once you pay the retake fee, you’ll be able to schedule the date to retake the exam accordingly to the available date options in our exam schedule.
• Please be mindful that there is a 2 month maximum deadline for an exam retake.
• The amount for the above fees depends on the specific examination product. Please refer to the training product details or contact us at [email protected] for more information.

REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVE invigilated EXAMINATIONS:

The following applies to all TÜV SÜD UK Academy examinations that grant a certificate of achievement on successfully completion of the final examination:

• In order to conduct the online examination, we process the following data relating you: Last name, first name, place of birth (or place of origin for participants from Switzerland), date of birth, personal e-mail address (work or private)
• Examination participants must hold an official photo ID.
• The data required to identify them is their last name, first name, place of birth (or place of origin for participants from Switzerland), date of birth and the photograph. All other information can be hidden or covered up.
• The examination venue must be a self-contained private room or office
• When prompted by the online exam proctor, the complete work environment/room must be shown using the camera
• There must be no other people in the room
• No other materials are allowed in the vicinity of the PC/laptop other than permitted resources
• No texts on the walls or desk
• Quiet surroundings and no music, television or other sources of noise
• No other computers or devices in the room are to be switched on
• The room must be sufficiently lit (equivalent to daylight)
• Participants are not permitted to create or distribute transcripts of the examination contents (electronically and/or manually).
• The participant undertakes to meet these requirements in full. Failure or refusal to meet these requirements may cause the certification body to issue a result of attempted cheating, deception or disqualify the participant when they review the examination.
  
  Examples:
  
  
• Participant makes a telephone call during the examination
• Another person appears in the room
• During the examination, the browser displaying the examination is left and answers are researched online despite this being prohibited by the examination regulations (closed book)
• Documents/notes are positioned on or around the laptop/monitor that enable the participant to cheat

In the event of technical problems with the laptop/PC (e.g. PC crashes during the examination) or the Internet connection is disrupted, the examination is deemed terminated and must be repeated. Should this happen, please get in touch with us.

Every examination from TÜV SÜD Academy has its own examination regulations that describe the permitted resources, for instances. There may be supplementary regulations for online examinations. The examination regulation/s and any supplementary regulations shall apply.