Tag: cheating devices

Cheating Trends — The latest cheating devices and cheat rings elude exam security personnel in India

Posted on 11/08/11 by Caveon No Comments

-In order to detect and prevent cheating, test security personnel absolutely need to be kept current with best practices and training. There is no other choice.
-Though some candidates had been indulging in this practice on individual basis, sources said some cheating rackets too had used this modus operandi for its candidates in lieu of hefty fee.

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The confused controversy of cell phones in schools

Posted on 02/25/08 by Caveon 1 Comment

The State of Florida recently imposed a cell phone ban on students while taking the FCAT. All the parents of school children in the state received a letter explaining the ban. On the other hand, the Legislature in the State of Utah voted down a bill that would require school districts to establish policies governing [...]

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A taxonomy of test and exam fraud

Posted on 01/28/08 by Caveon No Comments

The other day I realized that visitors to Caveon’s website are very interested in “cheating methods.” John Fremer and Jamie Mulkey wrote an article titled “The Ten Most Wanted Cheaters” (http://www.caveon.com/articles/newsltr_04_Q1_1.htm) which is quite enlightening and informative. And, as a follow up to that article John Fremer and Don Sorensen created a “wanted poster” that [...]

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Moore’s law favors the cheater

Posted on 01/21/08 by Caveon No Comments

In 1965, Gordon Moore of Intel observed that transistor densities were doubling roughly every 2 years. Since then the exponential nature of faster, smaller and more powerful computational units has continued. Initially, the observation was a remarkable statement of trends. Later, it became an expectation. And, it is now considered an unrelenting challenge for high [...]

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