2019-20 Capital Seminary & Graduate School Handbook

5.3 Examination Day Protocols

Students are encouraged to use a laptop computer to write the exam. No corrections to content, spelling, or grammar can be made at the time of printing .

Students have the option of bringing their own printer to the exam, sharing a printer brought by other students taking the exam, or printing the exam in the school office within two hours of the end of the examination period. Also, a digital copy of the exam will be immediately sent to the Program Director upon completion of the exam.

The following rules of etiquette are observed during the examination period:

  1. Cell phones and pagers must be disabled throughout the examination period;
  2. Students may take rest breaks inside or outside the examination room, but must not disturb other students in the room while doing so;
  3. Students may take a beverage into the examination room if the facilities allow food to be consumed in the room;
  4. Students are not allowed to listen to any recorded media during the examination period;
  5. Students are not allowed to print an exam during the four-hour examination period if other students in the room are still writing the exam; and
  6. Students who complete the exam early are not allowed to engage other students in the exam room in conversation if other students are still writing the exam.