Subj : U.S. Ham Licenses/Exams (J)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Feb 01 2018 12:05 am

(CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MESSAGE)

  The Exam Session
  ================

  Test materials, answer sheets, scratch paper, pens, pencils, and copies
of NCVEC Form 605 will be provided at the session. If you have questions
on how to fill out the form(s), the VE Team will gladly instruct you on
this. The NCVEC form 605 is ONLY to be used at a VE Test Session by the
VE Team. If you submit the form to the FCC, it will be returned to you
WITHOUT ACTION...making your effort A WASTE OF TIME, and postage.

  As noted, when you arrive at the exam session, you basically are either
ready to take the exam, or you are not. It is advised that you bring a
set of earplugs, if you are distracted by noise.

  If you have a medical disability, or require special procedures to
complete your exam, please notify the VE Team as far in advance of
the test session as possible, so accomodations can be made for your
disability. MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION MAY BE REQUIRED if your disability is
not obvious.

  These can be exams without graphics, or the VE reading the questions
and available answers to the examinee....who tells the VE which answer
to mark. The VE is NOT permitted to make any vocal inflections, or give
any other "help" or "coaching" to the examinee. 

  As noted above, those who have disabilities can contact Handi-Hams
(www.handiham.org on the Internet), as they assist people with
disabilities to learn material to obtain their amateur radio license,
and helping with the exam itself.

  Be sure to use the restroom BEFORE you begin the test. Nature "tends
to call" at the most inopportune times...so, if you "get the urge to go"
during the test...BEFORE GOING TO THE RESTROOM...you MUST turn in your
test, whether or not you've finished it. Basically, "if you can't hold
it", you will have to turn your test in BEFORE leaving the room...and
will have to START OVER with a NEW TEST (and pay a new fee) when you
return...if you FAILED the test you were working on...whether you
finished it or not.

  For the exam itself, you will mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET,
and NOT in the test booklet itself. You will either bubble in the
desired letter, or make an "X" through it...do NOT just CIRCLE the
letter. 

  If you are at an exam session adminstered by an ARRL/VEC VE Team, when
you're given the test booklet and answer sheet, examine them to make sure
they have the right number of questions, as follows:

License Exam:  Exam Color:  Questions: Pages:

Technician     Goldenrod       35        4
General        Yellow          35        4
Amateur Extra  Pink            50       5-6

  If the VE Team is using the Exam Maker software, the Technician and
General exams have 10 pages, and the Amateur Extra exam has 15 pages.

  Test booklets with other VE Teams (instead of ARRL/VEC) may be different,
but the number of questions will be the same.

  If you notice pages missing, or other discrepancies, notify the VE Team
IMMEDIATELY...and they will replace the defective copy of the materials in
question. You will fill out the appropriate information on the left side
of the answer sheet, where required.

  Cellphones, pagers, IPods, watches with hourly chimes, etc. MUST BE
TURNED OFF, and PUT AWAY during the test session. While examinees with
hearing aids may use them, any other device (headsets, books, notes,
possessions, etc.) MUST be put away, until the test session is completed.
As noted above, if your calculator has been CLEARED of memory resident
formulas, you may use it during the exam...but, the VE Team will verify
that this is the case.

  The only things that you may take with you upon leaving the test session,
are the personal belongings you brought with you when you arrived, and any
applicable CSCE given to you by the VE Team. You may NOT take any test
materials, answer sheets, or any other forms from the test session.

  If you pass one test, and wish to take the next one in line to upgrade,
you won't be required to pay an additional fee. But, if you fail an exam,
and wish to retest...you will be required to pay another test fee, as
noted above...if the VE team will allow you to retake the exam with a
DIFFERENT set of questions. Whether or not you take more than one license
class exam at a test session is at your option, and it's not required that
you do so.

  Some VE Test sessions will LIMIT the number of retest attempts, because
of time constraints. With most test sessions, only one (1) retest of a
failed element is allowed. If you fail the exam for a particular license
class twice in one session, it's best that you study some more before
trying again.

  If you need to take a break between tests (to stretch your legs, use
the restroom, etc.) you may do so. However, as noted above, CHEATING, IN
ANY FORM, WON'T BE TOLERATED!! The Volunteer Examiner Team will CONSTANTLY
BE OBSERVING ALL EXAMINEES during ALL tests, to make sure that this is
the case!!

  There is NO RUSH to complete the test...as you're more likely to make
errors if you do!! Take your time, and answer the questions that you know
FIRST. Go back to the ones you're not sure of, and save the difficult ones
for last. If you do have to GUESS, do it INTELLIGENTLY. You have a 1 out
of 4 chance of getting the question right, without doing anything.

  If you leave a question blank...or mark more than one answer per question
on the answer sheet, it is AUTOMATICALLY a WRONG ANSWER...and it could be
the difference between PASSING and FAILING the exam!! If you have to CHANGE
your answer, make sure you notate it as such. However, unless you're quite
sure, your first choice is usually the correct answer.

  If you finish the test early, turn your test booklet, and answer sheet
into the VE Team...once you're satisfied that "you've done the best that
you can do". PLEASE REMAIN QUIET, until everyone else has finished their
exams as well. Disruptive behavior by examinees or observers will NOT be
tolerated, and the disruptees will be dismissed from the test session. If
the VE Team gets "too loud", please ask them to "tone it down to a low
roar", as it were.

(CONTINUED NEXT MESSAGE)
--- SBBSecho 3.03-Win32
 * Origin: RdoWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (802:2/3)
 þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com

.