Section 141.230  Examination Procedures for End-of-Course Examinations Not Administered by the Office

Certification of personnel is contingent upon the successful completion of competency-based examinations.  Only those courses that conclude with a prescribed written, practical, or practice teaching examination, as required, will be approved.  A minimum of one question per cognitive objective, but not fewer than 50 written examination questions is required at the end of the course.  The end-of-course examination must be submitted to the Office, notated with the correct answer and correlated to both the applicable Office objective and reference source.  Questions are to be developed by the training facility.  All questions are to be keyed directly to the material contained in the course outline and should be constructed in such a manner as to test the student's knowledge and retention of the material to which the student has been exposed in the course.  A 70% score is required to pass.  Facility authorities are required to submit end-of-course examinations to the Office for approval, prior to administration.  Any changes in approved examinations must be submitted to the Office for review and approval prior to administration.  A current copy of each approved end-of-course examination will be kept on file at the Office.  The Office reserves the right to rescind approval of any or all approved end-of-course examinations without recourse.  Since the purpose of the written examination is to test retention, open book and other similar examinations are not acceptable.  The end-of-course examinations must use objective test items and be kept secure.