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’’.
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.
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. Remember that you can flag off those questions you are not sure of so you can return to them during the remaining time.
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.
You can see the remaining time at the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
There are a few good tutorials in the API ICP (Individual Certification Program) website.
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.
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