Examiners should refer to the following guidance on ending the examination:
- Examiners may excuse applicants who complete the last part of an examination before the time limit is reached; however, not 10 minutes or less from the end of the examination.
- Applicants must exit the examination room through one door only that is specified for that purpose by the examiner.
- Examiners must not allow applicants to bring examination materials to the examiner’s desk while the examination is in progress.
- Examiners must not collect examination material from applicants at the applicants’ desks.
- After the last test part starts and just prior to applicants leaving the examination room, the examiner or monitor takes a position behind a desk or table at the exit door. The examiner or monitor collects examination materials from each applicant before allowing the applicant to exit. If an applicant does not have all the required examination materials in his or her possession, no collection of partial materials is made. The examiner or monitor instructs the applicant to return to his or her desk for the missing items.
Examiners and monitors must collect test materials in accordance with the DFC. They must check carefully to ensure that all materials issued to applicants are returned. If materials are missing, examiners must identify the applicants who failed to return the required materials and must determine which materials are missing. Examiners must obtain these materials from the applicants, if possible.
Examiners must not allow applicants to review or handle their examination papers after they have been completed and turned in to the examiner.
At the conclusion of the examination and before the answer sheets are shipped to NTAC for scoring, the examiner and monitors review the personal data grids on each answer sheet and correct all circles that may have been darkened incorrectly. Careful monitoring while the gridding instructions are being given can minimize corrections.
Upon completion of the examination, the examiner and monitors must immediately count the used test booklets, answer sheets, and unused booklets. The examiners then return all materials to NTAC using the directions in the DFC.
After reviewing the answer sheets, the examiner and monitors must return all used and unused materials (i.e., answer sheets, test booklets, etc.) to NTAC. For examination centers authorized to stock materials, only the used answer sheets are returned. The examiner must ship examination materials to NTAC no later than 4 calendar days from the day of the examination. The DFC contains details on procedures to follow in returning materials.
Examiners should refer to the following guidance regarding the disposition of materials at the examination center.
Examiners must retain all unused and reusable restricted and nonrestricted test materials at the examination center, if it normally maintains supplies of such materials.
Examiners must destroy job or office choice sheets after a session has concluded.
