Make sure you reach the Prometric test center at least half an hour before the scheduled time.
Prior to letting you in to sit for the exam; they shall:
You cannot carry anything with you except a bottle of water.
No ornaments are allowed except a wedding ring.
They shall supply you with a couple of green color A4 size papers and a pencil for taking notes plus a simple calculator.
You are required to have a Valid government issued photo identity card such as a passport or driving license and keep it with yourself during the examination.
Make sure your government issued photo ID (driving license, passport) is VALID.
During API 653 exam, one of our candidates had an expired driving license and was refused entry although he returned half an hour later with a valid passport but by that time it was too late, Prometric said.
As a result, he had to pay the rescheduling fee (USD 350 $) and appear for the exam 6 months later. It is recommended to check your photo ID to ensure it is valid and preferably carry two valid government issued photo ID as plan B.
It is simply not worth it to be refused for an ID issue after all the time, effort and money you have put in.
Prior to the examination, you shall be given the key to a locker to keep your belongings.
You are not allowed to use the locker until you have completed the exam.
Immediately, upon completion of the exam, you shall receive an email notifying you whether you have passed or failed.
Your preliminary exam result may be a ’’ preliminary pass’’ which is normally a pass; a ‘’marginal result’’ (too close to call; may be a pass if you are lucky) and a ’’preliminary fail’’ which is normally a fail.
It takes 2 weeks after receipt of confirmed score to receive the hard copy of the certification and the wallet card by post, however, you can print off the wallet card and certification from you API account.
You can challenge any question you may wish, by writing on its comment sheet but please note that the clock keeps running so you shall be spending the exam allocated time to fill in the comment sheet.
After ID verification, security check and letting you into the examination room, you will first go through the tutorial that may last for maximum 10 minutes or earlier if you press the ‘‘end session button’’.
You may choose either of the set as questions designed so that you can find them in either US or Canadian set of documents.
The table of content shall be available but the ‘’word search’’ button is disabled; so you should know how to navigate between documents, that is, for each question, you should know which document and which section you should look for.
At least one question shall be given from each open book reference (that is common in both the US and Canadian open book references), so, expect around 12-15 questions out of 100 scored questions.
The questions are fairly simple and straight forward but you should have a fair idea what each reference covers.
For the list of Canadian and US open book references; please use below link and go to the bottom of page to download.
Remember, if during the examination, you wish to leave the examination room for say, using the toilet, you need to take your ID with you, report to the security outside the examination room and sign out.
On return, you shall go through the same initial security check and sign in. During all this time, the clock is running.
Sitting for an exam can be stressful, so, try to have enough sleep the night before.
Before the exam day, just peruse through the important parts of the reference documents or look at the figures and charts for a couple of hour maximum (use our flash cards).
Let your brain rest. You need to be alert and full of energy to endure the exam.
Remember your exam is not concluded until your time is up or when you press the ‘End exam’ button which asks for confirmation to ensure that you have not pressed it accidentally.
There is a frequently asked questions (FAQ) in the API website.
There is a tutorial prior to exam that explains how the bottoms work. You can also find the tutorial via the following link:
The exam would automatically start after the 10 minutes allocated time for tutorial or if you end it earlier. The icons are simple and user friendly.
The allocated time seems to be sufficient to answer all the questions as well as reviewing them.
That is not all.
This is a huge difference of previously waiting for final score for upto 8 weeks and another 8 weeks to receive your certificate. To read more, click on link:
You shall receive the exam authorization approval email normally within 2-3 working days.
You shall then book your seat with the Prometric as soon as possible.
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