Examination Regulations & CheatingSanctions
Note: CIP reserve the right of explanation
To ensure the fairness and equity of the examinations, following regulations will be reinforced. Any violation will be considered as minor academic misconduct and student will face according sanctions which may be up to expulsion.
Where a student feel that he/she is unable to take the exam due to uncontrollable circumstances, such as illness or family emergency, he/she must follow procedures for requesting a deferral. Students are not allowed to apply examination deferment on the exam day except some unpredictable and compelling reasons.
PART I: EXAMINATION REGULATIONS
Prior to the Examination:
1.Students are expected to be arrived at the exam room at least 15 minutes earlier before the examination.
2.It is assumed that upon entering the exam room, it is the intent of the student to complete the examination. It is students’ personal responsibility to judge their own state of health before entering the room to assess whether they are able to undertake the examination.
3.Students are responsible for arriving at the right time and place. Forgetfulness, lateness or arriving at the wrong place and the wrong time cannot be considered acceptable excuses.
4.Please place the ICES student card on the desk to be verified by the proctor.
5.Students are not permitted to access to any books, notes or other materials unless approved by the course instructor. Students must not use or attempt to use any unauthorized source of information.
6.Mobile phones and all other electronic communication devices cannot be used, except calculator, which have to be switched off and put in the designated places with other personal belongs. Mobile phone cannot be used as calculator during the examination.
7.All the unauthorized materials and devices should be placed in the designated places pointed by the examination proctors. Once any unapproved material or device is found during the exam, student would be consider cheating.
8.Check the condition of the test questionnaire booklet before you start answering the question, and request for an immediate replacement if there is any missing page or printing problem.
During the Examination:
1.Students will be permitted to enter the room quietly up to 15 minutes after the scheduled start of the exam (no extra time given to the student). After this time, they will be prohibited from entering the room.
2.Examinations will be placed faced down on desks. Students will not be permitted to turn over and begin the examination until the examination proctor announces that you may do so.
3.Students must remain seated when doing the exam and not allowed to leave the classroom. Students who finished exam earlier cannot leave the room until you get the permission from the exam proctors.
4.Students are suggest to go to the toilet before the start of the exam. If a student need to go to the toilet during the examination, he/she has to be escorted by one of the proctors.
5.Raise your hand if you have immediate concern, and the proctor will assist you. Do not communicate in any way with any other candidate in the exam room. Keep your exam paper on the desk and do not hold it up. Keep the eye on your own paper and do not looking around. Any communication or holding up the exam paper or looking around will be considered as cheating.
6.Only water or soft drinking is allowed during the examination, Smoking, alcohol drinking or eating are strictly forbidden, unless previous approved and notified by course instructors in advance.
7.Only use scratch paper provided by school.
8.Once a proctor claims that a student is cheating and ask the student to leave the exam room. Student should not argue with proctor on site but only appeal through CIP Administrator Office immediately after he/she leaves the exam room if he/she believes that proctor’s decision is incorrect. Arguing and interfering others in the exam room are not tolerate.
Close of the Examination:
1.Once proctor declare the end of examination, students must immediately stop working on the exam and cooperate with proctor's instructions for exam submission or collection.
2.Return both the test papers and the answer sheets when exam finishes; take your personal belongs, and leave the room quietly.
3.No printed materials are to be removed from the examination room.
PART II: SANCTIONS FOR MINOR MISCONDUCT & CHEATING
Minor Misconduct - Student who is caught having light misconduct listed below will receive oral warning first. If student choose to ignore the oral warning and violent it again he/she will be asked to leave the room and the exam paper will be marked failure directly without make up opportunity.
1.Come to the exam without valid ID as the instructor requires.
2.Enter the examination room without permission;
3.Fail to sit on the designated seat arranged by the proctor and fail to put personal items in designated locations;
4.Make noise, smoke, or drink alcohol during the examination
5.Leave the examination room without the consent of the proctor during the examination time;
6.Have other inappropriate behavior that affects the good environment for examination.
Cheating - Following misconduct will be considered as cheating and student will be failed course directly while they face different level of sanctions according to the serious of the behavior
Once a proctor claims that a student is cheating, student has to leave the exam room immediately without arguing. Student can only appeal through CIP Administrator Office after he/she leaves the exam room even if he/she believes that proctor’s decision is incorrect. Arguing and interfering others in the exam room are not tolerate.
Level 1: WRITTEN WARNING on record and FAIL THE EXAM:
1.Use scratch paper not given by the proctor; secretly borrow tools;
2.Carry mobile phones, electronic dictionaries, MP3 and other communications or electronic tools prohibited;
3.Start the exam before the signal or continue the exam after the signal;
4.Take the exam paper, scripts (including answer sheet), scratch paper, etc. out of the examination room;
5.Other equivalent behaviors.
Level 2: SERIOUS WRITTEN WARNING on record and FAIL THE COURSE
1.Have the book, paper or other course related items on or in the desk;
2.Write contents related to the course on the body or other objects;
3.Passing note;
4.Peep, whisper, play signal or gesture in the exam;
5.Other equivalent behavior.
Level 3: PROBABTION and FAIL THE COURSE
1.Peek books, notes, note, or other’s paper;
2.Transfer or receive exam papers, scratch paper, etc.;
3.Modify the answer for others before submitting the exam paper;
4.Use mobile phones, electronic dictionaries, MP3 and other communications or electronic tools;
5.Deliberately damage exam papers, answer sheet and other exam items;
6.Rob, steal other’s paper or force others to provide copying;
7.Plagiarize or assist others in the exam answers;
8.Two or more identical answers sheet were found in one examination;
9.Other equivalent behaviors.
Level 4: EXPULSION:
1. Take the exam for other people or ask others to take the exam, organize cheating, and steal exam papers or other serious cheating;
2. Receive Written Warning more than four times. Serious written warning will be count as two Written Warnings.
3. Receive a written warning or higher level of sensation during the probation period;