Planning your test day for GMAT exam

Before the day of your GMAT exam, you will want to review these regulations so that you arrive confident, focused and ready to do your best.

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On Test Day

• Make sure you know how to get to the test center.
• When you arrive at the test center, you must check-in. If you arrive more than 15 minutes after your scheduled exam time, you may not be admitted, and you may lose your test fee.
• Part of the check-in procedure will include identification (ID) verification
• Every test taker is required to adhere to the Testing Rules & Agreement for the country in which the test is being delivered.

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At the Test Center

• Friends or relatives who accompany you to the test center are not permitted to wait in the center or contact you while you are taking the test.
• Personal items are not permitted in the testing room, and testing aids are not allowed at any time in the test center
• Weapons are prohibited from the test center.

Testing Room

• The GMAT exam is administered in a room with a private computer workstations. Testing premises are subject to audio/video recording.
• On occasion, weather conditions or other circumstances beyond the test administrator's control may require a delayed start or the rescheduling of your test.
• If technical problems, weather conditions, or other circumstances necessitate canceling your test session or prevent reporting of your scores, you will either be offered the opportunity to schedule another test free of charge or receive a full refund of the original test fee.
• Testing must begin promptly once you are seated at the computer.

During the Test

• You have three and a half hours in which to take the GMAT exam, but plan for a total time of approximately four hours. You can take two optional breaks; if you exceed the time allowed, the extra time will be deducted from your remaining test time.
• You will not be permitted to leave the testing room without the test administrator’s permission. You will generally be required to provide a digital palm vein pattern any time you enter the testing room to verify the identity confirmed during check-in.
• You will not be allowed to eat, drink, or use tobacco while in the testing room; however, you may access food and drink during your scheduled breaks.
• Access to telephones, cellular (mobile) phones, or other communication devices or test aids such as calculators will not be permitted at any time while you are in the test center, during the test session or during breaks.
• If you believe you have a problem with your computer, need to replace the same, or require any other assistance, the test administrator can be contacted.
• You may not leave the testing room while timed sections of the test are being administered. If there is an emergency and you must leave your seat during the test session, the test administrator must be notified. The timing for the test section you are working on will not stop during your absence.
• Repeated or lengthy departures from your workstation will be documented by the test administrator and reported to and investigated by Pearson VUE and the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)