Policies & Guidelines

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Testing Center Policies

Current U.S. Driver's License with photo.
Current Federal, State, County, or Municipality issued ID with photo including Military ID.
Current Alien Registration Card (Green Card) with photo.
Current Passport with recent photo.
Current Palm Beach County dual enrolled and high school juniors testing under SB 1908 can use high school ID.
Current PBSC Student ID Card for students taking a placement test (PERT, ESL or TABE), an out-of-class test, or an online-distance learning test.
Photos of ID cards or virtual IDs are NOT PERMITTED at this time.

The following items are NOT permitted in test rooms.

Outerwear: No overcoats, windbreakers, down jackets, rain jackets, slickers and so on. Typical indoor clothing, including sweaters, sweatshirts and blazers are allowed. If it has pockets, you must show the pockets are empty.
Hats/Hairbands: No hats or other head coverings of any kind are allowed, except for religious or medical reasons.
Cell phones: No cell phones or pagers. They must be turned off before placing them in a locker.
Purses, wallets, watches: No purses, wallets, watches and large jewelry. They must be placed in a locker.
Electronic devices: No handheld computers, personal digital assistants, or other devices, including (but not limited to) USBs, Google Glass, camera glasses, etc. All items (except medical devices) must be turned off and placed in a locker.
Briefcases, backpacks or bags: No bags of any kind. If a bag is too big for a locker, place all valuables in the locker and store the bag on a bookshelf.
Calculators: No Nspire calculators or calculators with internet access.
Pens and pencils: No personal pens and pencils. Only writing instruments supplied by the test center are allowed.
Food and drinks: No food and drinks. Water bottles ONLY may be stored on a bookshelf.

Be advised that all testing rooms are monitored by a surveillance system.
Examples of cheating may include:
- making an effort to remove test materials, notes, or scratch paper from the testing room
- not following test procedures
- failing to stop work when time is called
- disturbing or attempting to get answers from another examinee
- using unauthorized aids during testing
- accessing unauthorized internet links
- disregarding proctor instructions
An examinee found cheating may be referred for possible disciplinary action to the Dean of Student Services.
Cheating on a course exam will result in immediate notification to the professor for possible disciplinary action.

Test fee waivers are provided for students who missed a test due to jury duty, military duty, death of an immediate family member, college-sponsored activity, or religious reasons. Documentation is required and must be presented at the Testing Center.
There are no fees for students taking Distance Learning Exams (unless the test is a make-up) and students are approved for accommodations.
Time waivers will not be granted within 30 minutes of closing. All students must turn in their exams 15 minutes before the Testing Center closes.

Please review the following guidelines prior to scheduling an appointment for remote testing:

Tests can only be administered on a desktop computer or laptop.
The device must have a webcam and microphone (built-in or external).
Connection to network with sufficient internet speed: at least 2 Mbps download speed and 2 Mbps upload.
Operating systems: Windows 7 or newer, Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or newer.
Browser with pop-up blocker disabled: Google Chrome v47 or later, Mozilla Firefox v41or later, Internet Explorer v10 or later, Microsoft Edge v12 or later, Apple Safari v6 or later.