[xtclaudia]

I just came back from sitting for REG and I am very mad at myself. Halfway through the exam, a constant drilling noise started from construction upstairs… I put my headphones on and it still didn’t go away but I don’t know why I didn’t think of bringing it up to the prometric folks then but I did write in the survey at the end complaining about the noise.

I just sent an email into the candidatecare email at Nasba and my expectation is at minimum for them to financial refund my fees since clearly, they did not provide a standard testing environment.

Anyone else experience bad testing environment and what was the conclusion of your situation?

[Missy]

I'm sure you'll get a sincere apology but that's likely the extent of it.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

[waffle_house]

Yes, the girl behind me who was taking a different exam was typing a book. I could hear her loud typing as I was taking FAR and it was hard to concentrate lol

[ZombieMouse]

@waffle_house — that was probably me, taking BEC. Sorry!

When I was signing into a Prometric test site, one of the administrators was attempting to kill a fly… by repeatedly slamming the palm of his hand against the glass door to the testing area. Fortunately, he realized his mistake after a few seconds, but I still felt bad for everyone who was actively testing when he started banging on the door like the building was on fire.

[.]

Why do they have such noisy keyboards at Prometric? They really should replace them with more quiet ones.

FAR - June 2016 - 88
REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
BEC - Sep 2016 -

Wiley CPA Excel & Ninja MCQ

[hasy]

Cheap keyboards = loud background music.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[Anonymous]

When I was taking the test I could hear the proctors talking and joking around outside the testing room. I looked behind and gave them a 1 second blank stare. They stopped.

[xtclaudia]

I heard back from Nasba, they gave me 2 options. A) Retake this quarter and not see my score B) See my score and retake free of charge with a new NTS. Clearly I chose option B..

[Skynet]

I sat through a a Fire Drill that was taking place in the building for AUD which included the lights Flickering for nearly a half hour. Because we were taking a long test and paid for it, we were allowed to stay and did not have to leave the building for like everyone else.

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