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EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR CIS CANDIDATES

Candidates are advised to read the following instructions carefully before sitting any examination and comply with them.

1. Candidates must at all times comply in all respects with any
  instructions issued by the Registrar, Examination Supervisor and Invigilators before and during an exam. Failure to do so will be considered misconduct.
   
2.
Candidates must not attempt to deceive the Registrar, Examination
  Supervisor and/or Invigilators by giving false or misleading information.
   
3. On receipt of their admit card/slip the candidates are advised to check
  the particulars entered therein. Inaccuracy, if any, must be brought immediately to the notice of the Director of Examination.
   
4. The examination timetable is supplied along with the exam/centre
  advice to the candidates. They should carefully note the examination centre, date and timings of the papers and also ascertain in advance, the exact location of the examination centre.
 
5.
Candidates must possess and be ready to produce on demand their Student Registration Card and Exam/Centre
Advice issued by the Examination Department of the Institute, failing which they may not be allowed to appear in the examination.
 
6. If a candidate is late by more than thirty minutes he/she will not be allowed to enter the examination premises.
  Similarly no Candidate shall be allowed to leave the examination hall earlier than one hour after the commencement of the examination.
   
7. No candidate is allowed to change the seat allocated to him/her for a particular examination paper without the
  permission of the exam centre supervisor, who has the authority to change or interchange seats of any candidate, if circumstances so demand. Candidates found reluctant will be liable to disciplinary action.
   
8. Candidates are not allowed to bring into the examination halls, possess, use or intend to use while at their
  exam desks, any books, notes or other materials except those authorised by the Registrar.
   
9. If candidates are found to have taken to their desks or toilets, or possessed while at those desks or toilets,
  unauthorised materials which are relevant to the syllabus being examined, it will be assumed that they intended to use them to gain an unfair advantage in the exam.
   
  In any subsequent disciplinary proceedings, it shall be for such candidates to prove that they did not intend
  to use the materials to gain an unfair advantage in the examination.
   
10. Candidates are not allowed to assist, attempt to assist, obtain or attempt to obtain assistance by improper
  means from any other person during the examinations.
   
11. The Examination Supervisor and Invigilators are empowered to discontinue the examination of any candidate
  suspected of misconduct and require him or her to leave the examination room.
   
12. Candidates found talking, whispering, gossiping or seeking assistance, giving assistance or exchanging notes,
  answer scripts, and so on with any person, possessing any notes or using any unfair means shall be asked to leave the examination premises at once and a note to this effect will be inserted on his answer script for the attention of the examiner along with a simultaneous report to the Examination Department for further necessary action.
   
13. Candidates must make sure that they receive the appropriate question paper from the invigilator, so as to
  avoid any mix-up in this regard.
   
14. Candidates finding any mistake in the examination paper may point it out to the invigilator, who will do the
  needful after which the candidate should continue solving the paper accordingly.
   
15. The Candidates on receipt of blank answer scripts and supplementary sheets in the examination hall should
  instantly record their seat numbers and registration number thereon.
   
16. Fountain pen or ballpoint with blue or black ink only should be used for writing answer scripts. No marks will
  be given for the questions attempted in pencil or red ink except where candidates are permitted to use pencils for multi-choice answers.
   
17. Candidate must answer the questions exactly in the manner as they are printed on the paper. Amendments and
  corrections may be accepted only if they are announced officially by the Head of Examination.
   
18. Candidates must start the answer of every question on the next page. They should put down question number,
  its parts and sub-parts so as to facilitate correct assessment of the answer.
   
19. Candidate should not, as far as possible, leave any blank page in the answer script. In case it is unavoidable, candidates
  should put a cross line (/) meeting the two ends of the blank page.
   
20. If so required, candidate may ask for additional supplementary sheets, graph paper and required statistical tables from
  the invigilator.
   
21. The answer scripts and other submitted materials are the property of the Institute and candidates must not in any
  circumstance remove them from the exam halls. No candidate is allowed to take examination stationery from the examination hall either during or after examination time.
   
22. Every candidate must ensure to sign the attendance sheet for each examination paper available with invigilator.
   
23. During the examination, a candidate may use the toilet facility subject to permission by the Examination Supervisor.
   
24. Smoking is not permitted in the examination hall.
   
25. Foods/refreshments are not permitted in the examination hall.
   
26. Candidates must stop writing when instructed by invigilators.
   
27. Candidates are not allowed to bring programmable calculators, organizers, PDA, laptop, computer notebooks,
  mobile phones, blackberries, pagers or any other device capable of transmitting, storing or receiving information into the examination halls.
   
28. No irrelevant /appealing sentences should be written in the answers scripts. This will be treated as an unfair
  means and dealt with accordingly as exam malpractice.
   
29. Extra question(s) should not be attempted. Only required numbers of questions are awarded marks. The best
  question(s) are treated extra and rejected, if more than required questions are attempted.
   
30. Candidates who are unable to attend the examination will be regarded as ABSENT.
   
31. CIS will not be liable for any loss, theft or personal damage to any items brought in to or left outside of the
  examination venue. All personal items are brought at the owner's own risk.
   
32. The above mentioned rules pre-suppose that the candidate has duly submitted the requisite examination
  application on the prescribed form and completed all the other formalities in this regard and that the same have been accepted and approved by the appropriate authority of the Institute.
   
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