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Arrival
!
You must arrive at the test center at least thirty (30) minutes prior to your examination for registration. If
you arrive past your examination time, you will not be permitted to test, and are scheduling fee will be
required.
General Examination Policies
Security Policy
Suspected security breaches during the theory or written practical test administrations, such as an act of
imperson
ation, creating a di
sturbance,
giving, or receiving unauthorized information or aiding other candidates, attempting to remove test information by any means, possessing prohibited materials may be
sufficient cause to dismiss you from the examination site or to invalidate or cancel your scores. Suspected
breaches may be identified by observation or suspicion by the test center staff or may be evidenced by
subsequent statistical analysis of examination materials. PCS reserves the right to investigate each incident
of misconduct and will report such incidents directly to the Board. The Board will make all final decisions
on examination score invalidations or cancellations. No visitors, guests or children are allowed in the test
center.
Copyrighted Examination Questions
All test questions are the express copyrighted property of NIC. It is forbidden under federal copyright law
to copy, reproduce, record, distribute or display these test questions by any means, in whole or in part.
Doing so may subject you to severe civil and criminal penalties, including prison incarceration and/or fined
up to $250,000 for criminal violations.
Prohibited Items
No food, beverages, purses, notebooks, magazines, backpacks, briefcases, hats, caps, reference books, or
electronic devices such as cameras, computers or computerized devices, iPods, radios, recording devices,
portable fax machines, cellular telephones, calculators, watches, reproduction equipment, smoking or the
use of tobacco are strictly prohibited in the examination room. Failure to comply with any of these
conditions will result in you being dismissed immediately and your actions reported to the proper
authorities. PCS is not responsible for any personal items brought to the examination site.
Environmental Distracters
Although every attempt is made to provide a quiet and comfortable test environment, noise and room
temperature may be an unforeseen and unavoidable distracter. It is suggested that you wear the type of
clothing that would allow you to adapt to a cooler or warmer climate at the testing site.
Examination Results
Score Notices
An unofficial pass or fail notice will be provided to you by IQT after you take the written practical and
theory examin
ations. An official score n
o
tice will be ema
iled to you at
least 10 business days after
your
examinati
on date.
If you do not receive an email
within this time fram
e, you may print a
score
notice by logging into your PCS account.