Learn about check-in procedures, exam preparation requirements, environment scans, and OnVUE-specific requirements for all exams, as well as the latest policies and regulations regarding online and in-person exam check-in.
The IIA’s candidate handbook page says online testing was discontinued in May 2025, and the March 2026 handbook describes test-center exams only, so every CIA exam is now taken in person at a Pearson VUE test center. This guide covers the check-in you will actually go through, in the order you will meet it, and... » read more
If you are about to take a Nokia certification exam from home, you will not be checking in with Nokia. You will be checking in with Pearson VUE’s OnVUE system, and the rules you have to meet are mostly Pearson’s, with a small number of Nokia-specific exceptions. This guide covers Nokia’s written exams across its... » read more
If you are about to take an AACE International certification exam from home, the check-in is not complicated, but it is unforgiving about timing and about what is on your body and your desk. This guide walks through the online proctored (OLP) experience in the order you will meet it. It covers all nine AACE... » read more
GIC1, is a scenario-based open-book exam that you download from NEBOSH’s own online platform and upload from home. No third-party proctoring platform and no room scan are involved. The only “check-in” with ID and a look at your room comes afterwards, in a closing interview with your Learning Partner. This guide walks through the process... » read more
This guide walks you through the whole remote check-in in the order you will meet it, and it is upfront about the places where the official sources say nothing. Read the books question in the first Exam Tip before you book. How This Exam Is Delivered The Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR)... » read more
This guide walks through the whole process in the order you will meet it. It is built from the CHFM Candidate Handbook and PSI’s own help pages, and where the two disagree, it tells you which one wins. How This Exam Is Delivered The CHFM credential is promoted by ASHE, but the exam itself is... » read more
If you registered for the CFA Institute ESG certificate and plan to test from home, this guide walks you through check-in from the night before to the moment the first question appears. One thing to clear up first: the certificate has been renamed. CFA Institute now sells it as the Sustainable Investing Certificate (formerly the Certificate in... » read more
This guide walks you through the check-in from the first system test to the moment the proctor unlocks your questions. It is written for first-time online candidates, and it covers the places where people lose time or get turned away. One thing to know up front: ITIL exams are run by PeopleCert, which uses its... » read more
This guide covers taking a Juniper Networks Certification Program (JNCP) written exam online through Pearson VUE’s OnVUE, using the program’s own policy pages and Pearson’s online-testing rules as of October 2026. It is a general guide for Juniper written exams rather than for one exam code, so confirm duration and question count on your exam’s... » read more