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AI Proctoring and Online Exam Monitoring Quiz

Tests how AI proctoring detects events, why a flag is not proof of cheating, and the privacy and fairness issues students can raise.

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According to the guide, what does a proctoring flag actually mean?

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  1. According to the guide, what does a proctoring flag actually mean?
    • The student has been proven to have cheated
    • The student's behaviour differed from what the model expects
    • The exam has been automatically failed
    • A live human proctor has confirmed misconduct
  2. Which layer of a proctoring system blocks other tabs, printing and copy-paste?
    • The identity layer
    • The monitoring layer
    • The lockdown layer
    • The scoring layer
  3. What did the court rule in Ogletree v. Cleveland State University (2022)?
    • Proctoring software may not use microphones
    • Universities must offer live human proctors
    • Face detection must be tested for bias before use
    • A required room scan before a remote exam violated a student's Fourth Amendment rights
  4. How do many proctoring gaze checks estimate where a student is looking?
    • They locate facial landmarks, estimate head orientation, and log an event if a threshold is exceeded for long enough
    • They use infrared sensors built into the webcam
    • They measure the exact pupil position with medical-grade accuracy
    • They ask the student to confirm their gaze every few minutes
  5. What does voice activity detection in proctoring respond to?
    • Only the voice of someone other than the student
    • Only keywords related to exam questions
    • Any speech-like sound
    • Only sounds louder than a set volume in a quiet room
  6. What happens when an instructor tightens a proctoring system's thresholds?
    • False flags disappear
    • It catches more real misconduct but also produces more false flags
    • Only identity checks become stricter
    • Students can no longer be flagged for audio
  7. Why might a student with darker skin in a dim room have trouble starting a proctored exam?
    • Face detection has been reported to work less well for some darker-skinned students and in poor lighting
    • The lockdown browser blocks low-light webcams
    • Identity checks require a specific camera brand
    • Room scans cannot be completed without daylight
  8. Which practice does the guide recommend for instructors reviewing proctoring results?
    • Automatically fail any student whose suspicion score passes a set level
    • Rely only on the overall score to save time
    • Use the score to decide what to review, watch the footage in context, and never apply penalties automatically
    • Delete all flags without review to protect privacy

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