Sample Exam Directions

You should plan to arrive at the exam 5-10 minutes before the start of the exam.  If you arrive after the exam start time, you may not be allowed to sit for the exam.

You must present your Siena ID card to the exam proctor to sit for this exam.

This is a 2-hour timed exam.  It is closed book and closed notes.  No outside resources are allowed.

• You have one opportunity to sit for this exam.  

• The timer will start when you open the exam.  It will not stop if you leave Canvas for any reason.

• You must submit your exam before your time expires in order to have your exam graded.  Exams will not be accepted once time expires.

If this exam is given online, you must be connected to Zoom with your camera on and your screen shared for the entire exam.

• If you are placed in a breakout room during the exam, use the Ask for Help function of Zoom to gain the exam proctor's attention.  Questions will be answered in the order they are received.

• If you experience technical difficulties during the exam that cause you to become disconnected from Zoom or Canvas, you may rejoin. 

• If you rejoin in a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the exam proctor, you may continue your exam.  Otherwise, your exam will be voided.  The exam proctor's decision is not negotiable.

• If you work on the exam while you are not connected to Zoom, your exam will be voided and any appeal will be denied.

• If your exam is voided due to technical difficulties, you may contact Dr. Eric Breimer (ebreimer@siena.edu) for an appeal to retake the exam.  Technical difficulties must be verifiable and officially documented to be considered.  Dr. Breimer's decision is final.

• You will need to  have a webcam and access to Excel 2019 or Microsoft Office 365 during the exam.  You can obtain a copy of Microsoft Office 365 for free through Siena College.  More information can be found on this ITS webpage. 

• Before the exam, make sure you can open Excel 2019 or Microsoft Office 365, save a workbook, and have a Zoom window open with your screen shared (either on the machine you are working on or by logging into Zoom from your machine and also from your phone).

• It is your responsibility to know how to access Excel 2019 or Microsoft Office 365 and use its features and functions on the computer on which you are taking the exam.

• It is your responsibility to know how to join Zoom for this exam.

• At the end of the exam, you will be required to make the following attestation.  If you cannot make this attestation, your exam will not be graded.

By submitting this exam, you acknowledge the following:

• • This exam is an individual effort.

  • You have not received any information about this exam from any other person (students, former students, friends, textbook authors, people on the Internet, etc.).

  • You have not turned in the work of any other person and represented it as your own work.

  • You have not copied material from the work of any other person or transformed borrowed sections of another’s work in order to disguise their origins.

  • You have not used any books, notes, electronic devices, or other resources for this exam.  You only used your phone to connect to Zoom for proctoring if approved by the exam proctor.

  • You will not share any information about this exam with any other person during or after this exam session.

  • You will not knowingly permit another person to turn in your work as their own work during or after this exam session.