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.
If you don’t produce a government photo ID card at the Prometric test center, you shall be refused entry and it is treated as a ‘’no show up’’ which is as good as failing the exam.
Also, 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 300 $) and appear for the exam 6 months later.
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 another around 2 weeks for your certificate and the wallet card to arrive by post.
The pass mark is 70% (Minimum 400 on a maximum scale of 500) for all the API examinations.
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 time to fill in the comment sheet from your allocated examination time.
After ID verification, security check and letting you into the examination room, you will first go through the tutorial which last for maximum 10 minutes or earlier if you press ‘end session button’’, and then the actual exam begins and the clock start ticking.
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.
Sitting for an exam can be stressful, so, try to have enough sleep the night before; on the exam day, just peruse the important parts of the reference documents or look at the figures and charts for a couple of hour maximum.
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.
This would ensure that you have not left any question unanswered.
To learn more, click on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) below:
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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.
You can also right click on selected answers to eliminate them if you are confident that they are definitely the wrong answers.
This will narrow down the possible right answers and therefore increases you chance of getting the right answer.
You can either review all the questions once again or review the flagged off questions only during any remaining time left.
Remember that the clock does not stop for any reason once you start the test, when you use the bathroom or when you wish to make a comment on a particular question or for any other reason whatsoever, so use the allocated time wisely.
The allocated time seems to be sufficient to answer all the questions as well as reviewing them.
That is not all.
You shall then receive your hard copy of certificate card by post within 2-4 weeks. In the meantime, you can dowload your card and cerificate from your API account within 3 business days after you passed the exam.
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:
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