Exam Instructions
To access and complete your GInI certification exam, please follow each of the
steps below.
PLEASE NOTE - Once you begin your exam session, and throughout your entire
session:
- Do not click on your web browser’s Back button!
- Do not refresh your web browser!
- Do not click on the FINISH button until you are completely sure you have
finished everything!
- Do not log out of the proctoring system!
Doing any of the above actions will prematurely terminate your exam session.
Starting the Exam:
- Log in to the GInI Members Portal
- Navigate to the “Exam Application” tab.
- Next to the assigned exam, click on the “Start Exam” button.
- Once you click “Start Exam,” a pop-up window will appear indicating that your exam is being generated. This process may take up to two minutes. Please avoid switching tabs during this time.
When the exam is ready, a confirmation screen will appear. Click on “Start Exam” to proceed.
- You will be directed to an instruction screen outlining the exam format and duration. Scroll down, check the box confirming you understand and agree to the terms, and then click “Start” to begin.
- Before the exam starts, the system will perform a quick equipment check to ensure your browser, webcam, microphone, and network meet the necessary requirements. Wait for all checks to complete, then click “Next.”
- When prompted, take a photo of yourself and your government-issued photo
ID using the interface. Then proceed.
- When prompted for permission to share your (entire) screen, click on then “Share” button.
- Start the exam.
At this point your exam will begin and your exam-completion timer will
begin counting down from the total allotted time for your exam.
Completing the Exam:
To complete your exam, you are to answer each question by selecting the answer
you believe to be the correct one. A check mark will appear next to the answer
you have selected. You may select only one answer for each question.
Throughout the exam, there are three primary navigational buttons you are
allowed to access and use. These are:
• Previous question – navigates you back to the preceding question.
• Next question – navigates you forward to the next question.
(it does this regardless of whether or not you have answered the current
question).
• Finish test – terminates your current exam session and tallies your score to
determine whether or not you have passed the exam based on the exam’s set
passing score.
As you answer questions, they are reflected in the running list on the right-hand side of your screen.
Questions shown in this list with a blue marker have been answered; those
shown with a grey marker remain unanswered.
This allows you to see which of the questions you have thus far answered and not
answered. It also allows you to navigate directly back to any question by clicking
on the question in this list.
You may also flag a question so that you can return to it later on (often done for
questions in which the examinee is unsure and wishes to reserve additional time
at the end of the exam to consider further).
Finishing the Exam:
When you have finished the exam, click the Submit button.
• If there are any questions which you did not answer, the system will first notify
you of this and ask you if you would like to return to these questions in order to
answer them prior to terminating the exam.
• If there are any questions in the specially flagged list of questions, the system will notify you of this and ask if you would like to return
to these questions in order to study them further prior to terminating the exam.
• If a) there are no unanswered or specially flagged questions, or b) you opt not to return to either of these sets of questions, the exam will terminate and
momentarily present you with your final exam score and pass/fail result.
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