Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 3, March 1, 2025
(1) Testing subversion is the use of any
means to alter the results of a test to cause the results to inaccurately
represent the competency of an examinee. Testing subversion includes, but is
not limited to:
(a) Communication between
examinees inside the testing room;
(b) Giving or receiving any unauthorized
assistance on the test while the test is in process;
(c) Having any printed or written matter or
other devices in the examinee's possession during the test except:
(A) The Oregon Construction Contractor's
Reference Manual; and
(B) One
language translation book.
(d) Obtaining, using, buying, selling,
distributing, having possession of, or having unauthorized access to secured
test questions or other secured examination material prior to, during or after
the administration of the examination;
(e) Copying another examinee's answers or
looking at another examinee's materials while a test is in process;
(f) Permitting anyone to copy answers to the
test;
(g) Copying or removing any
test questions from the testing area;
(h) Allowing another person to take the test
in the examinee's place;
(i)
Writing notes or questions in the Oregon Construction Contractor's Reference
Manual or language translation book during the test; or
(j) Leaving the room during the
test.
(2) At the
discretion of the agency or its designees, if there is evidence of testing
subversion by an examinee prior to, during, or after the administration of the
test, one or more of the following may occur:
(a) The examinee may be denied the privilege
of taking the test if testing subversion is detected before the administration
of the test;
(b) If the testing
subversion detected has not yet compromised the integrity of the test, such
steps as are necessary to prevent further testing subversion shall be taken,
and the examinee may be permitted to continue with the test;
(c) The examinee may be requested to leave
the testing facility if testing subversion is detected during the test. If the
examinee does not leave the facility, the examinee will be deemed a
trespasser;
(d) The examinee's test
results may be invalidated and the application fee forfeited; or
(e) The examinee may not be allowed to sit
for an examination for up to one year.
(3) If testing subversion is detected after
the administration of the test, the agency or its designee shall make
appropriate inquiry to determine the facts concerning the testing subversion
and the agency or its designee may take any of the actions described in this
rule.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
670.310,
701.122 &
701.235
Stats. Implemented: ORS
701.122
