1. Things to Bring on the Examination Day

Make sure to bring the following items.

1. Examination Voucher (Notice: do not write anything on it. Any writing will be considered as a prohibited act.)
2. Writing Implements (HB pencils and a plastic eraser)
3. Watch (without memory, translation or calculation functions. Do not use a mobile phone or other such device as a watch.)
4. Identification with photo (This will be necessary, for example, when you forget your examination voucher.)
5. Lunch (As it is held on a Sunday, restaurants and shops near the examination venue may be closed.)

* Do not bring mobile phones, pagers, watches with alarms, and so forth, to the examination venue.

 

2. Points to Note about entering the Examination Room

1. The examination room opens 30 minutes before of the start time of Japanese as a Foreign Language test.
2. Enter the examination room before the start time of each subject test.
3. No one is allowed to enter the examination room 10 minutes after the start time of Japanese as a Foreign Language test, or 20 minutes after the start time of other subject tests.

 

3. Points to Note about the Examination Room

1. Find the seat with the same number as your examination registration number and place your voucher on the desk.You cannot take the examination at a seat with a number different from your examination registration number.
2. Switch off mobile phones, pagers, watches with alarms, and so forth, if you have brought any to the examination venue.Mobile phone alarms sometimes sound off even when the phone is switched off, so deactivate the alarm function before switching off the phone.
3. Eating or drinking is not allowed during the examination. Do not place food or drink on your desk.
4. Please note that if you must leave the examination room during the Japanese as a Foreign Language test’s Listening Comprehension and Listening-Reading Comprehension parts (the audio portion), you will not be permitted to re-enter the room until after the audio portion ends.

 

4. Answering Method

The answering method is mark-sheet. Make sure to use an HB pencil to blacken the number for the answer. You cannot use a ball-point pen, pen or mechanical pencil. Numbers that are blackened too lightly will not be marked.

Examination scores are calculated by totaling the points for all correct answers. No points are subtracted for incorrect answers.

 

5. Prohibited Behavior

If you behave in the following ways, it will be regarded as prohibited behavior and all of your answers will be invalidated.

1. It is discovered during the examination that you have brought a mobile phone or a pager into the venue. (The sound made by the vibrating mode of a mobile phone is also prohibited.)
2. You use a mobile phone or pager during examination. (Just placing one on your chair or desk, or holding one in your hand is also prohibited.)
3. You ask somebody else to sit the examination for you.
4. You speak with other examinees, give answers to other examinees, receive answers from other examinees, or commit other acts of cheating (looking at a reference book, crib sheet or the answer sheet of another examinee) during the examination.
5. You write answers on an answer sheet which is not yours, or you exchange your question booklet or answer sheet with another examinee in the examination venue.
6. You copy questions or answers during the examination.
7. You listen to or view an audio or video receiver/recorder/player, place such a device on your desk or chair, hold or attach such a device to your body (even hanging headphones on your neck will be considered as a prohibited act), or attempt to record the examination’s audio questions during the examination.
8. You use memo paper that you brought to the venue.
9. You leave the examination room without the permission of the examination staff.
10. You do something that causes problems for other examinees during the examination.
11. You do not obey the instructions of the examination staff during the examination.
12. You open the question booklet or start to answer before the proctor says, "Please start."
13. You don't stop writing on the answer sheet when the proctor says, "Please stop."
14. In the “Japanese as a Foreign Language” examination, you answer another section, for example responding to “Reading Comprehension” questions during the “Writing” section.
15. You walk out of the examination venue after the examination is over but before the staff have collected and checked the question booklets and the answer sheets.
16. You take the question booklet or answer sheets out of the examination room after the examination is over.
17. An examination staff member determines that you behaved improperly in some other way during the examination.

 

6. Your Name and Examination Registration Number on the Answer Sheet

Your name (in Roman alphabet) and examination registration number will be pre-printed on your answer sheet that will be provided on the examination day. When you are given the answer sheet, first of all, check that the name and examination registration number on the answer sheet are the same as the ones on your examination voucher.

If the name and examination registration number on the answer sheet are obviously not yours, notify the examination staff immediately.

If you write answers on an answer sheet that is not yours or if you correct the name and examination registration number by yourself without notifying the staff and then write in the answers, your examination will not be graded.