On GRE Test Day
Test Center Procedures and Regulations for Both Computer-based and Paper-based Tests
Dress so that you can adapt to any room temperature.
Test centers do not have large waiting areas. Friends or relatives who accompany you to the test center will not be permitted to wait in the test center or be in contact with you while you are taking the test. Except for ETS-authorized observers, visitors are not permitted in the testing room while testing is in progress.
ID verification at the test center may include thumbprinting, photographing, videotaping or some other form of electronic ID confirmation. If you refuse to participate, you will not be permitted to test and you will forfeit your registration and test fees. This is in addition to the requirement that you must present acceptable and valid identification.
Food, drinks and tobacco are not allowed in the testing room.
If you have health-related needs that require you to bring equipment, beverages or snacks into the testing room or to take extra or extended breaks, you need to follow the accommodations request procedures described in the Bulletin Supplement for Test Takers with Disabilities or Health-related Needs .
Do not bring cell phones, smartphones (e.g., BlackBerry®, iPhone®), PDAs and other electronic or photographic devices into the test center. If you do, you will be dismissed from the test, your test fees will be forfeited and your scores will be canceled even if dismissal is not enforced on the day of the test. Test administrators are not permitted to collect and hold cell phones or other devices. If you are seen using any of these electronic devices and/or transmitting data, including but not limited to text messaging, e-mail and photographs, your device may be inspected and/or confiscated.
Personal items other than identification documents are not allowed in the testing room. You will be required to follow the procedures set by the test center for storage of your personal belongings. You may also be asked to empty your pockets. Storage space is limited, so plan accordingly. You will not have access to your personal items during the test. Personal items such as hats, scarves, jackets and outerwear that are taken into the test room are subject to inspection by the test administrator. Failure to comply may result in dismissal from the test and/or cancellation of scores.
Neither ETS nor the test centers assume any responsibility whatsoever for personal items or devices that you choose to bring into the test center.
The test administrator will assign you a seat.
On occasion, weather conditions or other circumstances beyond the test administrator or ETS’s control may require a delayed start or the rescheduling of your test appointment. In the event that a technical problem at the test center makes it necessary to cancel your test session, or if it is later determined that your scores could not be reported, you will be offered the opportunity to schedule another test appointment free of charge or receive a full refund of the original test fee. In addition, you may seek reimbursement from ETS for reasonable and documented expenses associated with traveling to the test center, even though technical problems are generally not the fault of ETS. To request reimbursement, contact GRE Services with the following information within 30 days of your original appointment: your name, date of birth, mailing address, daytime telephone number, e-mail address, original test date and registration or CBT appointment number, and a brief description of what occurred at the test center. All reimbursements will be made in U.S. dollars.
ETS reserves the right to take appropriate action and/or notify appropriate authorities including, but not limited to, law enforcement authorities, if a test taker responds in a threatening or disturbing way to essay questions or communicates with ETS either verbally or in writing in a threatening or disturbing manner.
For Computer-based Tests Only
The following procedures and regulations apply during the entire test session, which begins at sign-in, ends at sign-out and includes breaks.
If you requested and received an authorization voucher from ETS, you must take it with you to the test center.
You will be required to write (not print) and sign a confidentiality statement at the test center. If you do not complete and sign the statement, you cannot test and your test fees will not be refunded.
ETS reserves the right to ensure the security of test content by using electronic detection scanning devices (e.g., hand-held metal detectors/wands). Failure to comply may result in dismissal from the test and forfeiture of your test fees.
You may be required to sign the test center log before and after the test session and any time you leave or enter the testing room.
You may be asked to remove your watch and to store it during the test administration.
The test administrator will provide you with scratch paper that may be replenished after you have used all pages of the scratch paper initially given to you. You may not take your own scratch paper to the test, nor may you remove scratch paper from the testing room at any time. Scratch paper is provided to assist test takers in working out problems and for appropriate note taking during timed sections of the test. Scratch paper should NOT be used during breaks or before the test. At the conclusion of the test, you will be required to return all scratch paper to the test administrator.
If at any time during the test you have a problem with your computer, or for any reason need the administrator, raise your hand.
Testing premises are subject to videotaping.
The GRE revised General Test includes an optional 10-minute break after the third section and one-minute breaks between the remaining sections of the test. These break times cannot be exceeded. You are required to remain in the test center building or in the immediate area.
If you need to leave your seat at any time other than the break, raise your hand; timing of the section will not stop.
You will have access to an on-screen calculator during the Quantitative Reasoning sections.
Personal calculators are not permitted in the testing room.
Testing between August 1, 2011, and November 30, 2011: Your unofficial Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the new score scale will not be available for viewing at the test center. Instead, you will be able to view an estimate of your performance expressed as a range on the prior 200 – 800 score scale.
Testing in December 2011 or later: You will be able to view your unofficial Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores at the test center on the new 130 – 170 score scale.
Because of the essay scoring process, you will not be able to view your Analytical Writing scores at the time you test.
Test centers cannot provide printed copies of unofficial score reports.
For Paper-based Tests Only
The following procedures and regulations apply during the entire test session, which begins when you are admitted to the test center, ends when you leave the test center and includes breaks.
Test administrators will not honor requests for schedule changes.
Take your admission ticket and identification document(s) to the test center.
Take three or four sharpened soft-lead (No. 2 or HB) pencils and a good eraser. Pencils and erasers will not be supplied at the center. Mechanical pencils and pens are not permitted.
No test taker will be admitted after test materials have been distributed.
With the exception of your admission ticket, paper of any kind is not permitted in the testing room.
You must have the test administrator’s permission to leave the room during the test. Any time lost cannot be made up. You are required to remain in the test center building or in the immediate area.
You may wish to pace yourself with your own watch, but the test administrator is the official timekeeper. Watch alarms are not permitted to track time.
You may work only on the test section designated by the test center supervisor and only for the time allowed. You will not be permitted to continue the test or any part of it beyond the established time limit.
You will write your essay responses and enter your answers to test questions in the test book, rather than on a separate answer sheet.
You will be provided with an ETS calculator to use during the Quantitative Reasoning sections.
You may not use your own personal calculator.
At the end of the test you will be required to return your test book to the test administrator. This material is the property of ETS.
The GRE revised General Test includes a 10-minute break after the second Analytical Writing section. This break time cannot be exceeded.
At the end of the test, you will be given the option to cancel your scores.
Dismissal from a Test Center
A test administrator is authorized to dismiss you from a test session and/or your scores may be withheld and ultimately canceled for any actions that violate the policies and procedures set forth herein and/or communicated at the test center including, but not limited to:
attempting to take the test for someone else or having someone else take the test for you
failing to provide acceptable identification
obtaining improper access to the test, a part of the test or information about the test
having any prohibited device in your possession in the test center. Cell phones, smartphones [e.g., BlackBerry® or iPhone®], PDAs and other electronic and photographic devices are not permitted in the test center. If you bring them into the test center, you will be dismissed from the test, your test fees will be forfeited and your scores will be canceled even if dismissal is not enforced on the day of the test. Test administrators are not permitted to collect and hold cell phones or any other devices. If you are seen using any of these devices and/or transmitting data, including but not limited to text messaging, e-mail and photographs, your device may be inspected and/or confiscated.
using any aids in connection with the test, including, without limitation: mechanical pencils, mechanical erasers, pens, pagers, beepers, watch calculators, books, pamphlets, notes, unauthorized scratch paper, rulers, highlighter pens, stereos or radios with headphones, watch alarms (including those with flashing lights or alarm sounds), stopwatches, dictionaries, translators, compasses, protractors and any handheld electronic or photographic devices.
creating a disturbance (Disruptive behavior in any form will not be tolerated; the test administrator has sole discretion in determining what constitutes disruptive behavior.)
attempting to give or receive assistance — Communication in any form is not permitted during the test administration. Discussion or sharing of test content or answers during during the test administration, including breaks, and after the test administration, is prohibited.
removing or attempting to remove test content from the test center. Under no circumstances may test content or any part of the test content be removed, reproduced, and/or disclosed by any means (e.g., hard copy, verbally, electronically) to any person or entity.
tampering with a computer
attempting to remove scratch paper from the computer-based testing room or using scratch paper during untimed sections of the test or during breaks
bringing a weapon or firearm into the test center
bringing food, drinks or tobacco into the testing room
leaving the test center vicinity during the test session or during breaks
leaving the testing room without permission
taking excessive or extended unscheduled breaks during the test session. Test center administrators are required to strictly monitor unscheduled breaks and report test takers who take excessive or extended breaks.
referring to, looking through, or working on any test, or test section, when not authorized to do so, or working after time has been called
failing to follow any of the test administration regulations contained in the GRE® Bulletin, given by the test administrator or specified in any test materials
ETS reserves the right to take all action — including, but not limited to, barring you from future testing and/or withholding or canceling your scores — for failure to comply with test administration regulations or the test administrator's directions. If your scores are canceled, they will not be reported and your fees will not be refunded.
Although tests are administered under strict supervision and security measures, testing irregularities may sometimes occur. Please contact ETS as soon as possible to report any observed behavior that may lead to an invalid score — for example, someone copying from another test taker, taking a test for someone else, having access to test questions before the exam, or using notes or unauthorized aids. All information will be held in strictest confidence.
Phone:
1-609-406-5430
1-800-353-8570 (United States only)
Fax:
1-609-406-9709
E-mail:
TSReturns@ets.org
People’s Career, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad Teaching Center.
Phone: 8374545621 / 961 801 8708
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