CompTIA quiz lockout features

[C Buckner]

Question, in TestOut when a student was taking a quiz, they were not allowed to open another TestOut tab without kicking them out of the exam. I realized today that while students were taking a quiz, one student had 4 CompTIA tabs open. 1 to launch the exam, 1 to take the exam and the other 2 the student was scrolling through the curriculum, looking up answers.

Does CompTIA have the functionality to not allow them to open other CompTIA tabs while taking an exam?

 

[Rick Butler]

I'm not sure if it really matters because if a student wanted to look up answers, they could just open up another tab to anywhere on the net - and with AI-this and Skynet-that, well, they might actually have better luck with asking ChatGPT.

It might be better to just use the quizzes as a learning aid and go with, "well, if they elect to cheat, then they're not doing themselves any favors".

/r

 

[Bruce Weaver]

Question, in TestOut when a student was taking a quiz, they were not allowed to open another TestOut tab without kicking them out of the exam. I realized today that while students were taking a quiz, one student had 4 CompTIA tabs open. 1 to launch the exam, 1 to take the exam and the other 2 the student was scrolling through the curriculum, looking up answers.

Does CompTIA have the functionality to not allow them to open other CompTIA tabs while taking an exam?

I am pleased to see the student was using the actual content to look up answers, rather than blindly pasting into a LLM for the answers.
We use Safe Exam Browser at my college, which eliminates many of these issues, but students will always seek a workaround.