Quote Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Sarah View Post
Ah I see. So are they open book? Or do they just trust people not to cheat? My brother has to do some fancy exam to become a chartered accountant and they use his computer webcam and microphone to make sure he is the one there doing it and they have to use some program that prevents any other programs being opened on the computer during the exam so he can't look stuff up. Pretty crazy!
Depends on the exam. Out of the two previously mentioned finals, one was open book and one was closed book, but I won't deny that I definitely used my notes and such on the closed book exam since there were no preventative measures to prevent me from doing so and I wouldn't have been able to complete the exam in the allotted time period if I couldn't use my notes. 6 definitions, a paragraph required for each. 5 quotes that needed to have their sources identified, both book and the chapter they were from, as well as a paragraph explanation of their significance. And two 5 paragraph essays. All to be done in 2.5 hours. No way that could be done closed book. The other exam though seemed to know people were going to cheat anyway, so he made it open book, open note, and even allowed people to work in groups on the exam so long as we disclosed to him who was working together in what groups.

That said, I had a Spanish practical exam back in March that required me to use some sort of proctoring system that did lockdown my entire computer, as well as shared my screen, allowed the proctor to see me through the webcam, and I had to set up my phone as a secondary camera so I couldn't use it either. I also know a few people are using programs such as Lockdown Browser which also shuts down all programs on the computer other than the exam. So there's ways to make it closed book for sure.