About the LIFA Exam

Exam Center Regulations and LIFA Exam Rules

The LIFA exam is administered under standardized conditions throughout the world. In other words, it is administered the same way to everyone who takes it. Consequently, there are some very specific procedures and regulations relating to the administration of the LIFA exam at each exam center. You should understand that there is no flexibility about these regulations and that the exam administrator cannot make exceptions.

The following regulations apply during the entire LIFA exam administration, which begins at sign-in, includes breaks, and ends at sign-out. Violations will be documented by the exam administrator:

• You are required to present acceptable and valid identification such as a valid driver's license or passport.
• ID verification at the exam center may also include thumb-printing, photographing, videotaping, or other forms of electronic ID confirmation. If you refuse to participate, you will not be permitted to take the exam and you will forfeit your exam fee.
• You will be asked to sign a confidentiality statement at the exam center. Your signature is required. If you do not sign the statement, you will not be permitted to take the exam and you will forfeit your exam fee.
• Only the HP-12C and TI BAII+ calculators are allowed. All calculators will be cleared of memory before the start of the exam.
• You will not be permitted to use testing aids during the exam session or during breaks.
• You may not communicate with anyone, including exam administrators, about the content of the LIFA exam while the exam session is in progress or during breaks.
• You will not be permitted to leave the exam center premises during the exam session or during breaks.
• You may not use telephones or cell phones during the exam session or during breaks. Cell phones and pagers will not be allowed in the exam center.
• You may not remove scratch paper from the exam room at any time. All scratch paper must be returned after the exam session.
• Under no circumstances may exam questions or any part of them be reproduced, and/or disclosed by any means (e.g., hard copy, verbally, electronically) to any person or entity.
• Disruptive behavior in any form will not be tolerated.
• The exam administrator has sole discretion in determining what constitutes disruptive behavior.

The exam administrator is authorized to dismiss you from an exam session for:

• attempting to take the exam for someone else
• failing to provide acceptable identification
• creating a disturbance giving or receiving unauthorized help
• eating or drinking during the exam
• using testing aids of any kind
• leaving the exam center
• attempting to remove scratch paper from the exam room
• attempting to remove exam questions (in any format) from the exam room
• failing to adhere to any of the other procedures and regulations cited on this web site or in other official International Research Association publications
• refusing to follow directions

Failure to comply with the exam procedures and regulations or with the exam administrator's directions can result in the International Research Association taking actions that include, but are not limited to, barring you from future LIFA exams and /or canceling your exam scores. If your scores are canceled, they will not be reported, and your exam fee will be forfeited.

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