General Instructions To Examinees

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINEES

* Report to the Test Center before 6:30 a.m. on the first day of examination to verify your room and seat numbers.

* Late examinees will not be admitted.

* Attend to your personal needs before the start of examination in every subject. No examinee will be allowed to go out of the examination room while the examination is in progress.

* Always put your answer sheet on top of the armchair while taking the examination.

* Stop answering the test questions at the end of the time alloted for the subject. Arrange your test papers as follows:

1. Notice of Admission
2. Answer Sheet
3. Test Questionnaire

* Do not leave the room until

1. your answer sheet and test question set are received by the room watchers,

2. you have signed, indicated the time and set ( A or B ) on the Examinees Record of Attendance, and

3. the lower portion of your Notice of Admission (Certification on the Receipt of Test Papers) is signed by the Room Watchers and returned to you.

Examinees shall be allowed to bring in and use ONLY any of the following calculators that were identified as non-programmable (PRC Memorandum Circular No. 2002-24 dated September 27, 2002.

1. Casio Standard Scientific Calculators

Fx82TL; Fx911W; Fx570W; Fx992; Fx65
Fx350TL; Fx100W; Fx991W; Fx122S; Fx500A
Fx350TLG; Fx115W; Fx992S; Fx901; Fx95
FX570MS; Fx991MS; Fx115MS; Fx100Ms; Fx95MS

2. Casio Standard Calculators (phased-out, still allowed to be used in the examinations)

Fx260; Fx509G; Fx824; Fx82; Fx350HA
Fx520G; Fx992VB; Fx82LB; Fx350HB; Fx531LH
Fx991S; Fx82SX; Fx300SA; Fx546D; Fx991H
Fx82Super; Fx300W; Fx570S; Fx100D; Fx401
Fx570AD; Fx100S; Fx451M; Fx580; Fx115D
Fx85S; Fx506G; Fx580D; Fx115S; Fx546L
Fx506M; Fx825X; Fx75; Fx509D; Fx531GH

3. Sharp Calculators Non-Programmable

EL-506V; EL-510R; EL-531G; EL-520V; EL-501V
EL-506P; EL-531VH; EL-546L; EL-520G; EL-509V
EL-509D

4. OtherBrands

TL30XS; AURORA 2512; AURORA

Calculators whose brand and identifying mark do not appear in the list above provided shall be prohibited in the examinations.

Handling of Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets

* Check if the Serial Number of Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets are the same for all the sheets. If there is any discrepancy, return the set to your Room Watchers for replacement. The Serial Number is NOT the examination number. It has nothing to do with your examination.

* Check if there are defects or unnecessary marks on your Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets.

* Check if the number of Answer Sheets corresponds to the number of examination subjects.

* Do not fold or mutilate, take extra care and keep clean your Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets.

* Before detaching an answer sheet, check if the brown envelope is yours and the set inside belongs to you.

Handling Of Test Question Sets

* Indicate your seat number at the right top corner of page 1
* Check if the number of pages of Test Question Set is complete and no misprint. If there is any problem, return the set to your Room Watchers for replacement.
* Mark A or B on the answer sheet to indicate the set of Test Question assigned to you.
* You can use your Test Question Set as your Scratch .
* Keep the Test Question Set stapled until the end of examination.


Prohibited Acts Inside The Examination Room

* Accepting or receiving anything, including food from any person while the examination is in progress.

* Giving money, food, or any favor and other consideration to the Room Watchers and other examination personnel.

* Loitering, talking, or discussing your answers inside the room or along the corridor while the examination is in progress.

* Putting any of the following markings on your answer sheets: name, seat number, unnecessary words or phrases, strokes, dots or any other marks not called for in the test questions.

Penalties:

1. placing of name in the space provided for the subject of the examination shall be, aside from the cancellation of the examination papers, suspension from taking the examination for one (1) year;
2. multiple markings shall be cancellation of the examiness examination and suspension from taking the examination for two (2) years.

* Taking out the examination room test questions used or pages thereof, copying, and/or divulging or making known the nature or content of any examination question or answer to any individual or entity.

* Copying or referring to any solution, answer or work of another examinee or allowing anyone to copy or refer to your work, helping or asking help from any person or communication with anyone by means of words, signs, gestures, codes and other similar acts which enable you to exchange, impart or acquire relevant information.

* Bringing inside the examination rooms the following: books, notes, review materials and other printed materials containing principles or excerpts thereof, coded data/information/ formula which are relevant to or connected with the examination subject, PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS, CELLULAR PHONES, beeper, portable personal computers or other similar gadgets/devices. The act shall be considered cheating and/or act of dishonesty and shall be a ground for the cancellation of your examinations (PRC Resolution No. 463 dated November 27, 1996)


Maintain discipline at all times, any misconduct or irregularity on your part or any violation of the examination rules and regulations and instructions will be sufficient cause for the cancellation of your examination papers and your debarment from taking any future licensure examination.

To clear the examinations rooms, do not bring bags of any kind. Keep allowed items and valuables inside your plastic envelope. PRC will not be answerable for lost items.