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MAIN ROOM SCRIPT for BREAKOUT ROOMS

Before we get started, we would like to ask how you found PARC Radio to take your exams? (If they need prompting suggest, “Was it through ARRL, Ham Radio Pre, hamstudy.org, etc.?”)


1. We will need you to complete the test without any interruptions.


2. Please keep your attention on your computer screen at all times. Don’t let your eyes wander to other parts of the room and don’t leave your seat during the exam.


3. You are not allowed to read any questions or answers out loud and you cannot talk to yourself. Mouthing the words, even if no sound is coming out, IS talking to yourself.


4. You must remove any drinks, snacks, papers, or anything else that might distract you including vapes and tobacco products.


5. You cannot have any visitors or pets in the room, so please close and lock all doors.


6. Since you cannot use scrap paper or manual calculators, you can use an on-screen calculator app.
   Do you want to use a calculator app?

   (If there are multiple applicants, ask them to raise their hands)



7. Move the calculator to the left side of the screen. Put it in Basic / Standard Mode and make it as small as possible.


8. You should only have on your screen the calculator app and the zoom app. All browsers, emails, notifications, and notes must not only be closed, but they have to be shut down and quit completely.



*STOP HERE FOR MULTI-CANDIDATE INSTRUCTIONS - BEGIN BELOW FOR INDIVIDUAL READING OF INSTRUCTIONS* DESIGNATION “COMP *I*”



IDENTIFICATION

1. Please hold your driver’s license up to the camera to show that you have it ready.


2. Put that down beside your computer so it is ready for the exam team to review when you are sent to your exam room.


3. We need you to verify that you have read the website instructions and agreed to the following terms:


4. You will share your entire screen.


5. The exam session will be recorded and stored.


6. You have either removed or covered any sensitive or personal items, otherwise you consent to the viewing and scanning of these items.


7. If the Exam Team suspects a possibility of cheating, they will terminate your exam, the exam fee will be forfeited, and you will be barred from taking any future online exams?


8. Please answer with a simple verbal yes or no.

ROOM SCAN

1. Now take your cellphone, change to your rear camera, not your selfie camera. Stand up behind your chair. Hold your phone horizontally, in landscape mode, and point your camera toward your computer.
   
   Show us the left side of the computer.
   Show us the right side of the computer.
   Show us the back of the computer.
   Show us the computer and desktop area.


2. Now hold your phone vertically and in the center of your chest. While standing in the same spot, make a 360 degree turn in the same direction with your camera without stopping.


3. Please turn your phone back horizontal and set the phone where it views your monitor, keyboard, and hands.

CHANGE DESIGNATION TO "COMP *R*“

SCREEN SHARE

1. On the laptop press the “SHARE SCREEN” button at the bottom of the screen. It is the green button.


2. Then press the “SHARE” button in the bottom right-hand corner of that dialog box. It is the blue button.


***NOTE: It is NOT required to check ACTIVITY MONITOR unless a team member suspects an integrity issue. This is at the sole discretion of the VE’s proctoring the exam. If one VE asks, perform the check. ***



CHANGE DESIGNATION TO “COMP *D*“ ONLY IF YOU DO A COMPLETE COMPUTER SCAN OTHERWISE THE DESIGNATION IS “COMP *S*“



• For a Mac computer:
  * DO NOT READ * Look across the task bar for any dots under the applications. The only apps that may have a dot under them are the finder, Calculator, and Zoom apps.
  
  Look at the top left corner of your screen for the apple, click on the apple. Now click on force quit which is about the fifth item down.
  
  Hold your command key and click all items other than finder, calculator, and zoom. Then click force quit.
  
  In the menu bar (bar across the top) on your Mac, click Control Center
  
  In Control Center, click the Do Not Disturb icon
  
  The Do Not Disturb icon appears in the menu bar to indicate Do Not Disturb is on. To close Control Center, click anywhere on the desktop.
  



***NOTE: It is NOT required to check ACTIVITY MONITOR unless a team member suspects an integrity issue. This is at the sole discretion of the VE’s proctoring the exam. If one VE asks, perform the check. ***



• If using a PC:
  * DO NOT READ * Look across the task bar for any bars or lines under the applications. The only apps that may have a line under them are the Calculator and Zoom apps.
  
  Go to the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and look to the right of the time and date. You are looking for a text balloon, it may or may not have a number on it, and right click on it. Then click focus assist followed by clicking priority only.
  
  Right click on the task bar to open Task Manager.
  
  * DO NOT READ * (If this fails click CONTROL-SHIFT-ESCAPE all at once) Make sure all applications are closed except the ones we are using.
  
  

  ***NOTE: It is NOT required to check ACTIVITY MONITOR unless a team member suspects an integrity issue. This is at the sole discretion of the VE’s proctoring the exam. If one VE asks, perform the check. ***



• * DO NOT READ * Make sure all apps and processes are quit except for zoom and a calculator app.


• Move the calculator to the left side of the screen.


• Open the browser and narrow it down so that it fits between the calculator app and the zoom app. The exam is only 3 to 4 inches wide so narrow it down now.


• Type in the URL bar at the top of the browser “EXAM.TOOLS” and press enter.


• *IF IN DARK MODE* Click on the black/white moon in the bottom right corner.


• Select “JOIN EXAM SESSION”.


• On the top line type the callsign “KJ4PJE”.


• On the next line type the PIN.

CHANGE DESIGNATION TO “COMP *D*” ONLY IF YOU DO A COMPLETE COMPUTER SCAN OTHERWISE THE DESIGNATION IS “COMP *S*”