(a)
All examination
questions shall be kept in a secure manner prior to an
examination, to ensure that candidates will not know which
particular questions will form the basis of the
examination. The competent authority shall nominate those
persons who control the questions to be used for each
examination.
(b)
The competent
authority shall appoint examiners who shall be present
during all examinations to ensure the integrity of the
examination.
(c)
Basic
examinations shall follow the standard specified in
Appendix I and II to this
Part.
(d)
Type
examinations must follow the standard specified in Appendix
III to this Part.
(e)
New essay
questions shall be raised at least every six months and
used questions withdrawn or rested from use. A record of
the questions used shall be retained in the records for
reference.
(f)
All examination
papers shall be handed out at the start of the examination
to the candidate and handed back to the examiner at the end
of the allotted examination time period. No examination
paper may be removed from the examination room during the
allotted examination time
period.
(g)
Apart from
specific documentation needed for type examinations, only
the examination paper may be available to the candidate
during the examination.
(h)
Examination
candidates shall be separated from each other so that they
cannot read each other's examination papers. They may not
speak to any person other than the
examiner.
(i)
Candidates who
are proven to be cheating shall be banned from taking any
further examination within 12 months of the date of the
examination in which they were found
cheating.
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