April 2012 CA-Survey Exam cancelled statewide?

ptatohed · Apr 12, 2012

My friend who was supposed to take the exam at the Pomona site said they cancelled the exam! What a nightmare. They told him it was statewide. Is this true? Did other test locations cancel as well? Rumor has it that the exam booklets had a Survey cover but a Seismic exam inside. That's terrible.

darius · Apr 12, 2012

Is very sad frustrating and very true. Everybody was sited when they called proctors to bring the booklets, and then they called to return booklets…and the game was over

LakersFreak · Apr 12, 2012

I couldn't believe when they said its canceled!!!!! I hope it's not rescheduled for oct. It better be within next month otherwise you will have to re-study everything!!!! How frustrating. I hope the person who screwed up gets punished somehow.

Square · Apr 12, 2012

I was at the San mateo site and ours was cancelled as well. Same explaination that the survey exam actually had seismic questions. My copy looked OK (at least the first question)

ERIWEN · Apr 12, 2012

Pomona is cancelled! they told me it is statewide. does anybody know why??

darius · Apr 12, 2012

If they are not going to reschedule again very very quick, I mean within few weeks or a month is exactly like if you would fail...need to study again and go through the whole hassle

pesquared · Apr 12, 2012

The State Board website said cancellation due to security reason

ptatohed · Apr 12, 2012

http://www.pels.ca.gov/

ANNOUNCED APRIL 12, 2012 - The April 12, 2012 State Civil Engineering Surveying examination has been canceled due to security issues. All candidates will be contacted by the Board as soon as possible to reschedule. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sac-PE · Apr 12, 2012

All the examinees in my hall had seismic exam inside the exam book instead of surveying

Square · Apr 12, 2012

Saying that it's a security issue makes it sound like there was an attempt to leak the exam. But from what I understood it was a printing issue.

Someone messed up.

jilljackson · Apr 12, 2012

They're calling it a security issue?? That notice they gave on their website is the exact type of notice I would expect from the board. Very little detail with no acknowledgment of fault.

Someone didn't verify the distribution of the correct books!

Bpotter12 · Apr 12, 2012

It was cancelled thirty minutes into the exam in Visalia. If it is a printing error they should be honest and not lie about it. The truth will come out.

YMZ PE · Apr 12, 2012

How loud was the uproar at the various exam sites?

Bpotter12 · Apr 12, 2012

http://www.pels.ca.gov/

The board website mentions that we will be contacted for a reschedule.

PE_Water · Apr 12, 2012

Please send message or letter to Board to reschedule it ASAP...hopefully sometime next week. So that whoever prepared well for the exam will be less effected.

jbl2102 · Apr 12, 2012

At the Bay Area site it was cancelled less than a minute into the exam when a large number of candidates opened their books and found seismic problems inside. It took them about 20 minutes to tell us that they were cancelling the exam and that they'd tell us what was going to happen next at some other time. I felt bad for the guy sitting next to me who flew in from OK.

darius · Apr 12, 2012

Would be GREAT and amazing to be next week but just think about that they need to reprint again let everybody know about the changes, so I really doubt is gonna happen. I am still gonna be happy if it will be reschedule within a month or so. Good luck and please CAPELS hurry up!!!

jilljackson · Apr 12, 2012

Looks like their going to play it as a "security" issue.

ptatohed · Apr 12, 2012

ERIWEN said:
Pomona is cancelled! they told me it is statewide. does anybody know why??

Did you read post #1 and #4 above yours?

Sac-PE said:
All the examinees in my hall had seismic exam inside the exam book instead of surveying

Care to share where your exam site was?

Square said:
Saying that it's a security issue makes it sound like there was an attempt to leak the exam. But from what I understood it was a printing issue.

Someone messed up.

I guess one could argue that if an examinee saw the material of a test he/she wasn't taking, there was a "breach". I'm just joking. You're right. This mistake is inexcusable.

Bpotter12 said:
It was cancelled thirty minutes into the exam in Visalia. If it is a printing error they should be honest and not lie about it. The truth will come out.

30 minutes in? That's rough! I assume everyone at your site had Survey exams if you were 30 minutes in? Now they have to throw out all of those questions and come up with 50 more for the reschedule. Ouch.

Bpotter12 said:
http://www.pels.ca.gov/

The board website mentions that we will be contacted for a reschedule.

Echo echo echo............

http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=18906&st=0&p=6948020entry6948020

ERIWEN · Apr 12, 2012

ptatohed said:
ERIWEN said:

Pomona is cancelled! they told me it is statewide. does anybody know why??

Click to expand...

Did you read post #1 and #4 above yours?

i just wanted to know why~ honestly didn't pay attention to your post~ no offense~

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