Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct

Purpose

ExamIT is committed to providing secure, fair, reliable, and professionally administered examination services. This Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct establishes the standards expected of candidates, exam administrators, proctors, partners, and other individuals involved in the examination process.

ExamIT provides examination and assessment services only and does not provide training or instructional services.

All candidates and examination personnel are expected to understand and comply with this Code, applicable examination policies, and all relevant laws and regulations.

Examination Integrity

ExamIT is committed to maintaining the integrity and credibility of every examination.

Candidates must:

• Complete examinations honestly and independently.
• Follow all examination instructions.
• Provide accurate information during registration and examination.
• Avoid any activity that could compromise the fairness or security of an examination.
• Respect the examination rules established by ExamIT and the applicable certification or examination owner.

Any attempt to compromise examination integrity may result in termination of the examination and other disciplinary action.

Candidate Identity and Verification

Candidates must provide accurate and valid identification information when required.

• Use their own identity and examination account.
• Not permit another person to take an examination on their behalf.
• Cooperate with identity verification procedures.
• Provide accurate registration information.
• Not attempt to impersonate another candidate.

Identity fraud or impersonation is considered a serious violation of examination integrity.

Exam Security and Confidentiality

Examination content is confidential and must be protected.

Candidates and examination personnel must not:

• Copy, photograph, record, reproduce, or distribute examination questions.
• Share examination questions or answers with other individuals.
• Publish examination content on websites, social media, messaging platforms, or other channels.
• Attempt to obtain unauthorized examination materials.
• Disclose confidential examination information.

Unauthorized disclosure or distribution of examination content may result in cancellation of examination results, suspension or banning from future examinations, and other appropriate action.

Prohibited Assistance and Cheating

Candidates must complete examinations without unauthorized assistance.

Prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to:

• Receiving assistance from another person during an examination.
• Using unauthorized reference materials.
• Using unauthorized electronic devices or applications.
• Communicating with another person during the examination.
• Sharing answers with other candidates.
• Using another person's examination account or credentials.
• Attempting to bypass examination security controls.
• Using stolen, leaked, or unauthorized examination content.

ExamIT may take appropriate action when cheating or suspected examination misconduct is identified.

Online Proctoring and Examination Monitoring

For examinations requiring online proctoring, candidates must comply with the applicable proctoring requirements.

This may include:

• Identity verification.
• Environment or workspace checks.
• Camera and microphone requirements.
• Screen monitoring or screen-sharing requirements.
• Compliance with instructions from the authorized proctor.
• Maintaining an appropriate examination environment.

Candidates must not interfere with, disable, bypass, or manipulate examination monitoring or security mechanisms.

Professional and Respectful Conduct

All candidates, proctors, administrators, and examination personnel are expected to behave professionally and respectfully.

ExamIT does not tolerate:

• Harassment or abusive behavior.
• Threatening behavior.
• Discrimination.
• Intimidation.
• Deliberate disruption of an examination.
• Misconduct toward proctors, administrators, candidates, or support personnel.

ExamIT reserves the right to terminate an examination or take other appropriate action when serious misconduct occurs.

Protection of Personal Information

ExamIT respects the privacy and confidentiality of candidate information.

Personal information collected as part of examination registration, identity verification, examination delivery, proctoring, scoring, reporting, and support must be handled responsibly and in accordance with applicable privacy laws and ExamIT privacy policies.

Candidate information must not be improperly accessed, disclosed, sold, or shared with unauthorized parties.

Intellectual Property Protection

Examination questions, examination materials, software, trademarks, logos, documentation, and other proprietary materials must be respected and protected.

Candidates and examination personnel must not reproduce, modify, distribute, sell, or publicly disclose ExamIT-owned or examination-owner materials without appropriate authorization.

Technical and System Integrity

Candidates must not intentionally interfere with examination systems, platforms, networks, or security mechanisms.

Prohibited activities include:

• Attempting unauthorized access to examination systems.
• Circumventing security controls.
• Manipulating examination software or systems.
• Interfering with examination delivery.
• Attempting to alter examination results.
• Exploiting technical vulnerabilities for personal advantage.

Any suspected security vulnerability should be reported through the appropriate ExamIT support or security channel.

Accurate Representation of Examination Results

Candidates must accurately represent their examination status and results.

Candidates must not:

• Falsify examination results.
• Alter examination score reports.
• Misrepresent an examination as passed when it was not passed.
• Claim credentials that have not been legitimately earned.
• Alter or misuse ExamIT documentation or verification information.

Conflict of Interest

ExamIT personnel, proctors, partners, and other individuals involved in examination administration must disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest where appropriate.

Individuals involved in the development, administration, security, or handling of confidential examination content must not improperly use that information for personal benefit or provide it to candidates or unauthorized parties.

Fairness and Equal Treatment

ExamIT is committed to providing examinations in a fair and consistent manner.

Candidates should receive equal treatment regardless of background or personal characteristics.

Where applicable, ExamIT will follow established procedures for approved examination accommodations and accessibility requirements.

Examination Results and Investigations

ExamIT may review examination activity when there is evidence or a reasonable concern regarding examination misconduct, security violations, irregularities, or technical issues.

Where appropriate, ExamIT may:

• Investigate examination irregularities.
• Request additional information.
• Place results under review.
• Invalidate examination results.
• Restrict future examination access.
• Report violations to the applicable certification or examination owner.

Reporting Violations

Candidates and examination personnel are encouraged to report suspected activities that may compromise examination integrity, including:

• Cheating.
• Examination content disclosure.
• Impersonation.
• Examination security breaches.
• Proctoring violations.
• Unauthorized access.
• Fraudulent examination activity.
• Other conduct that may compromise examination integrity.

Reports should be submitted through the appropriate ExamIT support or reporting channel.

Compliance With Laws and Policies

All candidates and examination personnel must comply with applicable laws, regulations, examination-owner requirements, and ExamIT policies.

Participation in an ExamIT examination does not exempt anyone from applicable legal or contractual obligations.

Consequences of Violations

Violations of this Code or examination policies may result in appropriate disciplinary action, including:

• Examination termination.
• Cancellation or invalidation of examination results.
• Suspension of examination access.
• Permanent restriction from future examinations.
• Reporting to the applicable certification or examination owner.
• Legal action where appropriate.

The severity of the action may depend on the nature and seriousness of the violation.

Candidate Acknowledgment

Your agreement matters.

By registering for or participating in an examination administered through ExamIT, the candidate acknowledges that they have read, understood, and agree to comply with the ExamIT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, examination rules, security requirements, and applicable policies.

Candidates understand that examination misconduct, cheating, unauthorized disclosure of examination content, impersonation, or attempts to compromise examination security may result in cancellation of examination results and restriction from future examination participation.

ExamIT reserves the right to update this Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct when necessary to maintain examination security, fairness, privacy, and compliance.

ExamIT provides examination and assessment services and does not provide training or instructional services.

Examples of Cheating

Cheating includes any action intended to obtain an unauthorized advantage during an examination.

Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Using unauthorized mobile phones, tablets, smart devices, or other electronic gadgets.
• Using a second computer or unauthorized device during the examination.
• Using dual monitors, additional screens, or other unauthorized displays.
• Receiving assistance from another person.
• Communicating with another person during the examination.
• Using unauthorized notes, books, reference materials, or other resources.
• Using AI tools, AI assistants, or other unauthorized technology to obtain answers or assistance.
• Using screen-sharing, remote-access, or communication applications to obtain unauthorized assistance.
• Attempting to bypass or interfere with examination security or proctoring controls.
• Using leaked, stolen, copied, or unauthorized examination questions or answers.
• Allowing another person to take the examination on the candidate's behalf.
• Any other activity intended to obtain an unfair or unauthorized advantage.

Confirmation of Cheating

ExamIT may use applicable examination security and monitoring measures to investigate suspected misconduct.

Depending on the examination, this may include examination activity, proctoring information, identity verification, screen monitoring, system information, and other relevant evidence.

A candidate will be subject to the consequences of this policy when cheating or examination misconduct is confirmed through the applicable review process.

Examination Result Cancellation

When cheating is confirmed, ExamIT may take one or more of the following actions:

Examination Termination
The examination may be immediately terminated.

Result Cancellation
The examination result may be cancelled or invalidated.

Credential Action
A certificate or credential associated with the affected examination may be subject to cancellation or revocation, where applicable.

Partner Notification
The incident may be reported to the applicable examination or certification owner.

Lifetime Examination Ban

If cheating is confirmed, the candidate will be permanently banned from taking examinations administered by ExamIT.

The lifetime ban may apply to:

• All current ExamIT examinations.
• All future ExamIT examinations.
• Examinations administered through ExamIT on behalf of partner organizations.
• Applicable certification and examination programs offered by ExamIT's examination partners through the ExamIT platform.

Partner Examination Programs

For examinations administered on behalf of certification bodies, vendors, institutions, or other ExamIT partners, ExamIT may report confirmed examination misconduct to the applicable examination or certification owner.

The examination owner may apply additional consequences under its own examination policies.

No Circumvention of a Ban

A candidate who has received a lifetime examination ban must not attempt to bypass or circumvent the restriction.

Prohibited attempts include:

• Creating another examination account.
• Registering under another person's identity.
• Using another person's credentials.
• Providing false registration information.
• Attempting to take an examination through another ExamIT account.
• Using any other method to bypass the examination restriction.

Attempts to circumvent a lifetime ban may result in additional investigation and reporting to the applicable examination or certification owner.

Candidate Responsibility

Candidates are responsible for understanding the examination rules and ensuring that their examination environment complies with all applicable requirements before starting an examination.

If a candidate is unsure whether a device, application, website, AI tool, reference material, or other resource is permitted, they should contact ExamIT before beginning the examination.

Fairness and Examination Integrity

ExamIT's zero-tolerance approach is intended to protect the integrity of examinations and ensure that candidates who follow the rules are treated fairly.

Every candidate must complete the examination honestly, independently, and without unauthorized assistance.