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Trial Examination Rules of Conduct and User Guide
Exam rules
1. You are required to comply with the Invigilators instructions throughout the duration of the trial exam session.
The trial exam duration is 10 minutes.
2. You are permitted to use your own notes.
3. You are permitted to leave your seat during the exam and take a break. Your break time will be deducted
from the total exam duration (the clock will not stop when you take your breaks).
4. You are not permitted to obtain assistance by any improper means or ask for help from or give help to any
other person.
5. You are not permitted to ask for any clarifications on the exam content. Answer all questions to the best of
your ability and perception of the questions’ intent, make reasonable assumptions if necessary, to answer all
questions.
6. You are not permitted to take screenshots or photos, record the screen, copy questions or answers or
otherwise attempt to take any of the content of this exam out of the exam for any purpose.
7. You are not permitted to allow access to any second person during the exam’s duration, even when you are
taking a break.
8. The entirety or parts of your exam session may be recorded and post-reviewed.
9. Throughout the entire duration of the exam, you should keep your camera and microphone on.
Misconduct action will be taken against you if you breach any of the FCL rules. FCL reserves the right to disqualify
you from this or future exams or withdraw your certificate if violations are identified either by the invigilator of
this session or during the post-review of your recorded exam session within the next 6 months.
Authorised material
1. One PC or laptop that you will use to access the online exam which must include a camera, a microphone in
good working condition and a steady internet connection.
2. Any of the recommended reading material (e-copy or hard copy) that has been shared with you, namely:
a. FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction – Red Book (1999 and 2017 edition)
b. FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Plant & Design-Build – Yellow Book (1999 and 2017 edition)
c. FIDIC Conditions of Contract for EPC Turnkey Projects – Silver Book (1999 and 2017 edition)
d. FIDIC Golden Principles (2019)
3. Any personal notes
Unauthorised material
1. Mobile phones
2. Smart watches and bands
3. Additional monitors
4. Additional PCs/laptops/tablets/second screens
5. Earphones/headphones
6. Reading material or personal notes made during the exam.
7. Translators of any sort are expressly prohibited.
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Candidate declaration
By attempting this exam, I acknowledge that:
• I agree to be bound by FCL’s rules, codes of conduct, and other policies relating to examinations.
• I agree that my entire session will be recorded for FCL post review and audit purposes.
• I have read and understood the examination rules for this exam.
• I am not in possession of, nor do I have access to, nor will I use any unauthorised material during this
examination.
• I have carefully read and understood the instructions for this exam.
• I have carefully read and understood the User Guide of the exam.
In attempting this examination and submitting your answers, candidates are undertaking that the work they submit is
a result of their own unaided efforts and that they have not discussed the questions or possible answers with other
persons during and after the examination period. Candidates who are found to have participated in any form of
cooperation or collusion or any activity which could amount to misconduct in the answering of this examination will
have their marks withdrawn and disciplinary action will be initiated.
Before you start the exam
1. Set up your equipment in a quiet space with no interruptions. Remember that during the exam session, no
other person should enter this space.
2. Save this file on your desktop, so you can easily access it for any troubleshooting issues.
3. Switch off your phone, tablet, and other electronic equipment.
4. Plug in your equipment if you are using a laptop. Do not rely on your laptop’s battery.
5. Make sure you have disabled all scheduled updates of your system, that could cause your system to restart
during the exam session.
6. Make sure you have disabled all “hibernate” and “sleeping” functions of your equipment, so that it does not
hibernate while you are taking the exam.
7. Make sure you have closed all programs running in your PC/laptop.
8. Make sure you have closed all instant messaging applications (i.e., Teams, Viber, Messenger, Skype etc.).
9. Make sure you do not have any unauthorized material near you.
10. Have some refreshments near you, make sure you are relaxed and have taken any needed breaks before you
start.
11. You should allow adequate time to complete this exam in one sitting. Once you start your exam, you will have
to answer all the questions.
12. Have your ID card or any other proof of identification available to show during the ID verification procedure.
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Examination environment rules and instructions
1. Use the trial exam link provided by FCL and you will be automatically redirected to the trial
examination start page.
2. Press the “Begin your trial exam” button at the top of your screen to start your trial exam.
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3. You will need to fill in the required credentials (your name and email address you used to register)
and agree with the terms of the trail exam terms, by selecting the tick box. Then click the “Begin your
trail exam” button.
4. Your exam starts and you will see the first question. You will have 10 minutes to complete your trial
exam and this time will start counting once the first question appears on your screen. Note that the
actual exam time will be 250 minutes.
5. Adjust the zoom percentage of your screen (press the Ctrl button on your keyboard and use your
mouse roller or any similar function that your equipment supports) so that you can view the question
and possible answers at your best convenience. You can re-adjust the zoom percentage of your screen
at any time during your exam session.
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6. A bar timer is available at the top right of your screen. Mouse over the bar timer to see the exact
remaining time of your exam session.
7. Carefully read the question and select the answer that you believe is correct to the best of your
knowledge. You can use the recommended reading material to be assisted.
8. You will not be allowed to review and change any of your answers or skip any question. Once you
submit your answer(s) and the system takes you to the next question, the answer(s) of your previous
question are automatically uploaded to our system.
9. Each question may have 3 or 4 possible answers. Select the one that you believe it is correct, by
clicking the appropriate button. To proceed to the next question, press the “submit answer” button.
You must select an answer to proceed to the next question. If your answer is correct, you will get 1
point. No negative scoring will be applied if you select an incorrect answer. Your score will not be
shown after you complete each question.
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10. If a question has more than one correct answer this will be depicted at the end of the question (i.e.,
“2 correct answers”). Select the answers that you believe are correct. You need to select at least one
answer and press the “Submit answer” button in order to proceed to the next question. You will get
1 point for every correct answer you will select in this type of questions.
Make sure you only select the answers that you are confident that are correct, because a Guessing
Penalty will be automatically applied in this type of questions (1 point for every incorrect answer
selected).
In case you only select the incorrect answer(s), your total points for this multiple correct answer
question will be zero (0) and no negative scoring will be applied to your total point count from the
previous questions. Your score will not be shown after you complete each question.
11. If you cannot see the “Submit answer” button, you can scroll down the page or adjust the zoom
percentage of your screen (press the Ctrl button on your keyboard and use your mouse roller or any
similar function that your equipment supports).
12. Once you answer the final question the system will automatically upload your entire exam session.
13. Your trial exam results have now been shared with the FCL Secretariat/Management Team.
14. You can close your browser.
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