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    nrespecki

    Hi Noosheen,

    Please contact NCARB Customer Service directly to report your exam issues. You can find the contact info here.

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    jhmartzahl

    I think at this point I've only seen one person in this forum have an okay experience with the new test format. 

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    Nasheet Rumy

    Noosheen,

    Thank you for sharing your disheartening experience with the rest of the community.

    I would be curious to know where is the quality control part is on Proctor's end? Test takers are being affected by Proctors with poor internet connection, lag, not knowing proctor rules etc.. It is really important everyone comes forward their negative/ positive remote proctored exam experience.

    Hope you pass your exam! 

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    Michael Riscica

    Please fill out our survey regarding your recent exam. We are trying to capture data regarding all of NCARB's recent exam changes. 

    https://youngarchitect.com/NCARBsurvey

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    Jodie Zhang

    Nosheen, thanks for documenting your online exam experience. I read this before my PA online exam yesterday and did not risk taking a break due to fear that the clock would keep running.

    My exam crashed 3/4 of the way into the exam, and when I managed to reconnect, the re-inspection and readout of break rules process indeed took no less than 15 min. Luckily, the clock and exam picked up where the exam crashed without time penalty, but losing that much time would've been very stressful.

    Also, the whiteboard experience is usable as a way to solve math problems. Using pen tool to write out a simple number like 980 was a struggle, gave up and used calculator to keep track of numbers. Cannot imagine trying to solve an actual equation on a harder exam with the whiteboard.

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    Simona Vicol

    I did not have any issues like this.

    It sounds that you pressed the "restart test" or "end break" (can't remember what it was) button before being re-inspected after your break. I believe you are not supposed to do that.

    I came back from my break, opened the chat box, typed "I'm back", then waited for the proctor to finish the inspection procedure. Then they said "you can resume your exam". So after that you'd press the "restart test" button.

    Time dedicated to the inspections should be part of the break time, not part of the exam time.

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