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name(s)\nDate and time\nWhat are we covering today?\nYour key responsibilities during the exam\nLate arrivals\nEmergency situations\nCalling for help\nCandidates leaving the exam room\nSpecial consideration\nFive-minute warning\nTest your knowledge\nSummary\nCambridge Handbook\nwww.cambridgeinternational.org/eoguide\nOpen the Cambridge Handbook, section 5\nCambridge Handbook\nYour key responsibilities during the exam\nDo:\nStay alert and move around the room to see all candidates\nWatch for cheating or other malpractice – remove any unauthorised materials\nLook out for candidates who seem unwell\nRespond to requests to leave the room\nReport any malpractice to the exams officer.\nYour key responsibilities during the exam\nDo:\nMake sure the correct number of invigilators are always in the room\nCall for help if needed\nUpdate and sign the seating plans if there are changes.\nYour key responsibilities during the exam\nDo not:\nComplete other tasks while in the exam room, such as reading or marking\nRead through any question papers\nHelp candidates with the content of the exam.* Check with [add who] if you are unsure.\n*You can only answer questions about information on the front of the question paper.\nLate arrivals\nA candidate is a ‘late arrival’ if they arrive:\nafter an exam has started\nafter a period of Full Centre Supervision has started.\nLate arrivals\n[Add your centre’s policy on accepting late arrivals.\nIf your centre does not allow late arrivals to take the exam, delete slides 9 to 14 and go straight to slide 15.]\nLate arrivals before the Key Time\nIf a candidate is late, but before the Key Time:\nIf they take the exam, give them the full time.\nIf they do not take the exam, mark them as absent on the attendance register.\nYou do not need to tell the exams officer.\nLate arrivals after the Key Time\nIf a candidate is late after the Key Time, but during the exam or Full Centre Supervision:\nIf they take the exam, give them the full time.\nIf they do not take the exam, mark them as absent on the attendance register.\nDo not allow them to communicate with candidates in Full Centre Supervision.\n.\nLate arrivals after the Key Time\nIf a candidate is late after the Key Time, but during the exam or Full Centre Supervision:\nWarn them Cambridge may not accept their script.\nRecord their reason for being late – and arrival, start and finish times.\nTell the exams officer.\nLate arrivals after the exam\nIf a candidate is late after the Key Time and after the exam has finished:\nDo not allow the candidate to take the exam.\nMark them as absent on the attendance register.\nYou do not need to tell the exams officer.\nLate arrivals\nListening exams:\nYou can allow the late candidate to take the exam.\nKeep them under Full Centre Supervision until others finish but do not let them communicate.\nThen play the audio from the start.\nOr use a spare audio file in a separate room – check with [add who] first.\nLate arrivals\nPractical exams (no Key Time):\nYou can allow the late candidate to take the exam.\nMark them as absent on the attendance register.\nYou do not need to tell the exams officer.\nor\nEmergency situations\nIf there is an emergency during an exam:\nThe safety of candidates and staff is the most important thing\nEvacuate the exam room if needed\nSupervise candidates at all times – they must not communicate, or access phones or information\nLeave all question papers and answer scripts in the exam room and secure the room.\nIf there are a small number of candidates, you could take them (and their question papers and scripts) to another room to finish the exam.\nEmergency situations\nBefore restarting the exam, mark on candidates’ work where the exam was interrupted, if possible.\nRecord what happened – include time and length of the interruption.\nGive candidates the full remaining time.\nReport what happened to the exams officer.\nAfter the emergency:\nCalling for help\n[Add centre-specific information]\nCandidates leaving the exam room\nA member of s","cbCaikB3RrXmWd4e","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikB3RrXmWd4e","pptx",1891309,"English","# What are we covering today?\n## Your key responsibilities during the exam\n## Late arrivals\n## Emergency situations\n## Calling for help\n## Candidates leaving the exam room\n## Special consideration\n## Five-minute warning\n## Test your knowledge\n# Summary","[{\"question\":\"What are invigilators required to do during the exam?\",\"answer\":\"Invigilators should stay alert, monitor for cheating or other malpractice, look out for candidates who seem unwell, respond to requests to leave, and report any malpractice to the exams officer. 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