How to take a written exam

Your organisation will give you the details you need to take your written exam.

This short clip will walk you through the exam screens, how to take the written exam, how to answer questions how to review your answers and how to finish the exam.

At the top of the exam screen in the blue speedwell banner your name appears on the right and this is where you’ll sign out. you can change your settings here.

Exams not taken are listed here – you might have more than one exam to take.

Check your exam details and click take.

You’ll be taken to the exam welcome page. If the exam is timed, in the top left you’ll see the time remaining, and the welcome message from your organisation.

Click next to go to the first question in your exam.

You’ll see the progress bar on the left of the screen. You can work through your questions using this progress bar or switch it off and use the buttons to navigate through, like this.

The bubble in the progress bar shows which question you’re on.

The question is displayed on the right-hand side.  This is question 1 of 14 you. can click the flag to remind you to come back to the question later on and use the highlighting tools to work through questions.

When you’ve answered a question the bubble fills with colour, like this.

You can filter your view of the questions using the filter at the top of the progress bar. You can change your filter view like this. When the filter is on it shows as red and you can change your filter or remove it in the same way.

At the end of an exam there’s a chance to review answers.

Clicking next on the last answer takes you to review your responses.

Unanswered questions are shown under the red banner, answered questions are shown under the green banner and the flagged questions are shown here.

Clicking the review link next to any question takes you straight back to that question, so you can adjust your answer or complete anything you’ve missed.

There’s now a review button at the bottom and this will take you back to review your responses. Once you’ve finished reviewing everything, clicking the finish button at the bottom of the screen, and confirming, displays the exit message from your organisation.

Click back to my exams and the exam is now showing as taken.

Click the drop-down arrow at the top, next to your name, to sign out.

I hope this clip has helped you prepare for your exam.

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