What rules do I have to observe during the test?

 

You must

  • Provide proof of your identity (e.g. national identify card or passport) at registration and every examination session. Second country nationals must produce a passport. This ID must contain a number, a signature, a date of birth and a photograph. It is the responsibility of the candidate to prove their identity.
  • Provide two recent passport-sized photographs on registration
  • Only have on your desk a pen/pencil and an eraser
  • Ensure mobile phones and pagers are switched off and placed with personal belongings in the area designated by the supervisor. Any candidate who does not switch off their phone/pager, or who retains one in their possession, will be disqualified
  • Notify the test invigilator immediately if test day conditions in any way impede your performance
You must not
  • Attempt to cheat, copy the work of another candidate or disrupt the test
  • Use, or attempt to use, a dictionary, pager, spell-checker, electronic recorder or mobile phone for the duration of the test. Any candidate doing so will be disqualified
  • Talk to or disturb other candidates once the examination has started
  • Smoke, eat or drink in the examination room
  • Reproduce any part of the test in any format/medium. Any candidate doing so will have their test results disqualified and be liable to prosecution
  • Remove any materials used during the examination. This includes, but is not limited to, examination papers, answer papers and working paper.
Disqualification warning

If you are caught infringing any of the candidate rules and regulations your test result will be disqualified and notification of your disqualification will be sent to any receiving institution or professional body.

Examination instructions
  • Listen to the supervisor and do what you are asked to do.
  • Tell the supervisor or invigilator at once if you think you have not been given the right question paper, or if the question paper is incomplete or illegible.
  • Read carefully and follow the instructions printed on the question paper and on the answer sheet.
  • Fill in the details required on the front of your question paper and on your answer sheet before the start of the test.
Advice and assistance during the test
  • If you are in doubt about what you should do, raise your hand to attract attention. The invigilator will come to your assistance.
  • You may not ask for, and will not be given, any explanation of the questions.
  • If on the day of the test you feel that your work may be affected by ill health or any other reason, you must inform the invigilator at the time.
  • You may not leave the test room without the permission of the supervisor or invigilator
  • You can not leave your seat until all papers have been collected and you have been told you can leave
  • When you leave the examination room you must leave behind the question paper, your answer paper, any paper used for rough work clearly crossed through and any other materials provided for the test.
  • · Do not make any noise near the examination room

1. What is IELTS ? Who Administers the IELTS ? Who can take the IELTS Test ?

2. For whom is the test designed & what is the mode of exam?
3. Who conducts the test?
4. Who can take the test?
5. If I am under 16 years old, can I take the test?
6. Is IELTS accepted in the US ?
7. Which Module should I sit, Academic or General Training?
8. What is the test format & how long does the test last?

9. When is the result available & what does my score report include?

10. What is the validity of the score (test) & how often can I take the test?

11. Under what conditions are my scores released?
12. What is the test fee and preferred mode of its payment?
13. How to register for IELTS? / Test Centers
14. Necessary documents to be shown at time of the IELTS Test?

15. Is there any extra fee for Rescheduling or canceling & what happens if there is a technical problem?

16. What rules do I have to observe during the test?
17. What happens if I want to postpone or cancel my test?
18. What happens if you are absent on the day of the test without giving prior notice?

19. What happens if you do not transfer your listening or reading answers to the listening/reading answer sheet before the end of the module?

20. What can you do if you are unhappy with your results?

21. How strictly is IELTS marked?

22. What things do I have to carry ON THE DAY OF THE TEST?

23. What is TRF ( Test Report Form)? What does it include?

24. If I will not be able to come to collect my TRF?

25. How many copies of TRF are issued? And what should I do if I need more TRF?

26. Can a candidate retest only for the module where he / she did not score well instead of repeating the whole test?
27. Do all test modules take place on the same day?

28. What happens if I lose the Test Report form?

29. I want to sit the exam on a date that is already full. Is there a waiting list?

30. IELTS score bands

31. IELTS tips

 
 
 
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