External Examinations - rules

By entering for NZQA exams you have agreed to obey all the exam rules and procedures and comply with the decisions of NZQA.

You must not be dishonest or break the rules in any way.

You must listen to and follow the instructions of the supervisor.

DO NOT:

take any blank or refill paper, correcting fluid, books, written notes or electronic notes into the exam room.
take English dictionaries or foreign dictionaries or Te Reo dictionaries or translators into any exams.
talk to, communicate with, or do anything to disturb other candidates during the exam.
copy from another candidate's work.
write to the marker or write in the part of the answer booklet 'For assessor's use only'.
take cellphones or pagers into the exams.
take any electronic devices except approved calculators into the exam room.
try to leave the exam room within the first 45 or the last 15 minutes of the exam.

Only Information Management candidates are allowed to use an English dictionary.

If you break any rules the Qualifications Authority may cancel your results.

EXAM DAYS

Arrive early - at least 20 minutes before the exam starts. Find out which is your exam room.

If you are more than 30 minutes late you will NOT be able to enter the exam room.

In the exam room:

Sit at the desk where you are told to sit.
Check all the answer booklets have your NSN and Exam Code on them and are listed on your Admission Slip.
When you are told , check that all the pages in each exam paper are printed correctly.
If you have any problems put up your hand.
You cannot leave the exam room in the first 45 minutes or the last 15 minutes of the exam.
If you leave the exam early you are not allowed to return.
You must not take your answer booklets out of the exam room.

WRITING YOUR ANSWERS

Follow all the instructions on the front cover of the exams.
Use only black or blue pen.
Do not use red or green pens because these are used by the markers.
Do not write in pencil unless instructed to do so. Work in pencil will not be looked at if you apply for a review or reconsideration.
Write neatly so the marker can read your answers.
All work that is not to be marked must be clearly crossed out.
Do not use correcting fluid (Twink) in your answer booklets because they will not be looked at if you apply for a review or reconsideration.
Extra paper will only beprovided if the answer booklet is filled up.

EXAM MATERIALS

You have to take your own equipment such as pens, pencils, calculator and eraser to the exams. Do not bring any blank or refill paper. You may not borrow equipment from someone else during the exam.

For some subjects you will need special materials:

For details of special materials check the assessment specifications on the NZQA website. www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea2/assessment/specifications/index.html.

You are responsible for taking the correct equipment to the exam and making sure that it is working.

All work for these standards must have your NSN printed on the top right-hand corner of each page. Any pages sent for marking without a printed NSN will not be marked.

Staple all work for each separate standard carefully in the top left-hand corner. Place the work for each standard in the plastic bag provided and fold closed.

CALCULATORS

You may take an approved calculator into the examination room for subjects where you have used a calculator during the year. Calculators must be silent, hand held, non-printing and work from their own power.

You cannot keep notes or routines in the memory of calculators. Teachers will clear calculator memories before you enter the exam room.

Supervisors will check all calculators in all exams.

AT THE END OF THE EXAM

Stop writing and add nothing more when the supervisor tells you the exam has ended.
Follow the instructions of the supervisor.
Label any extra pages used and put them with the answer booklet for the standard into the plastic bag provided and fold closed.
You can keep resource booklets and separate question booklets. Hand in combined question and answer booklets.
Hand in everything else to the supervisor.
Take from the exam room the equipment you brought in.

YOU must make sure that all material that you want marked is handed to the supervisor before you leave.

Any work collected from you after you have left the exam room will not be marked.

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Page updated: 12 February 2008