Timeline for What to do if I have seen an exam before I have taken it?
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| S Feb 14, 2020 at 13:42 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 12, 2018 at 12:20 | comment | added | Udank | @pipe: that's more data points than the answers here, they just argue by ethics (which is good, but an explanation about what happend in reality is also important). | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 6:44 | comment | added | pipe | @Udank Can't see how, it's just one sample point. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 22:29 | comment | added | Udank | @pipe: this is a big flaw of this site, since we could learn a lot from a real (not theoretic) solution how this worked out. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 13:40 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | “For those who say it is also cheating to look at old exams” Ignore them. I could say that a hippo is also a bird, it doesn't make it true. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 9:19 | comment | added | pipe | @Udank This is not a place for story-writing, even if you're curious. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 6:27 | comment | added | user207421 | @user71659 When I went to university all past papers were available in the university library. I have no reason to think this was unusual. | |
| Jul 9, 2018 at 19:53 | comment | added | Udank | Please do absolutely edit your answer - if you just accept some answer, one cannot follow your story. | |
| Jul 9, 2018 at 18:05 | comment | added | Anemoia | (I can't answer yet due to lack of points) The prof must learn of this fact, because by nature of people babbling it will be revealed. Sooner or later. And then you'll need to do the test again. Time lost for everyone. | |
| S Jul 7, 2018 at 20:52 | history | suggested | user8283 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 7, 2018 at 18:59 | comment | added | user8283 | To OP: Rather than editing what you decided to do into the question itself, you should instead probably leave it as an answer to the question (assuming it's different from what people suggested you do). If it is what the accepted answer suggest you do, you may simply want to leave that answer accepted and leave a comment indicating that you did as they suggested. | |
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| Jul 7, 2018 at 10:58 | answer | added | Count Iblis | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 23:27 | comment | added | Michael | Given how your last sentence is phrased, please do follow up to let us know how this turns out in the end. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 21:51 | answer | added | blahblahblacksheep | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 18:00 | history | edited | SomeUserPassingBy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 6, 2018 at 11:11 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | @aeismail It's like walking with an expensive phone in a rough area of town. It's unwise, yes, but the crime is still perpetrated by those who steal the phone. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 9:45 | answer | added | Thorsten S. | timeline score: -3 | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 9:13 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Jul 6, 2018 at 8:44 | comment | added | aeismail | @Mazura: I think the situation is even more outrageous. The instructor brought a future exam to a class meeting and left it where someone could find it during a break. While the student has to report it, the instructor made a major gaffe here and is not blameless. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 8:13 | comment | added | trunklop | I don't understand what all the responses and comments here are about??? If you are okay with being a cheater, don't tell anybody, If you don't want to be a cheater, write an anonymous note to the professor (with a small proof that you know the content of the exam). Problem solved. Why are you guys (including OP; that's really baffling me) treating this like a major moral dilemma or some complex scientific problem? | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 7:11 | comment | added | Mazura | @KateGregory - How does that link explain how this is cheating? : "+1 ... I'm constantly baffled by the 'tests are secret' mentality here." - and above: "unusual and unreasonable precautions" - pffft, like body cavity searches for cameras? In this day and age how can you ever reuse a test? In that link, I'd replace every instance of "student" with "teacher" to answer this Q and place the blame where IMO it belongs. Locks keep honest people out. Why does Mi Uni disallow? They don't want to upset their paying customers? | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 2:54 | answer | added | Ben | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 1:28 | comment | added | Andreas Blass | I should add to the comment from @user71659 that the policy described there is (as far as I know) used by the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, and probably by some other units as well, but definitely not by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. LS&A students are not required to sign a non-cheating statement for every exam, and LS&A faculty (like me) remain in the classroom during exams. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 23:48 | comment | added | user71659 | @Taladris Starting, ending, time reminders, and announcements are OK. Remaining in the room for purposes of catching cheating is not. The professor will usually sit outside to address questions. Stanford's policy: "The faculty on its part manifests its confidence in the honor of its students by refraining from proctoring examinations and from taking unusual and unreasonable precautions to prevent the forms of dishonesty mentioned above." | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 23:42 | comment | added | Taladris | @user71659: it is understandable that the university is fine with having an examination with no proctor. But forbidding a proctor/professor in the room? What happens if the professor decides to go to the exam room? | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 23:08 | comment | added | user71659 | @AzorAhai Students promise not to cheat by copying and signing a statement every time, and other test takers are to report any suspected cheating. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 23:05 | comment | added | Æzor Æhai -him- | @user71659 Wait, then who keeps an eye on the test-takers? | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 22:24 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | for why it is cheating, see academia.stackexchange.com/questions/55303/… | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 21:35 | comment | added | user71659 | @Mazura Some schools do not permit a proctor/professor to be in the room during an exam (e.g. University of Michigan). | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 21:30 | comment | added | Mazura | How would any competent teacher not assume this was the case after leaving the room during an exam?!? | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 20:56 | comment | added | user71659 | "as I think it is okay to see last year's exams even if they aren’t officially published". If last year's exams are not officially published, this is also cheating. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 19:34 | answer | added | Dan Romik | timeline score: 71 | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 18:57 | history | edited | Wrzlprmft♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 5, 2018 at 18:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1014942948897771520 | ||
| Jul 5, 2018 at 18:33 | vote | accept | SomeUserPassingBy | ||
| Jul 5, 2018 at 17:59 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | Check your university's honor code - in some cases it may impose a duty to report all instances of cheating, i.e. the other student's actions. If so, if it's later discovered that you knew and did not report, you could be punished. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 17:48 | answer | added | Karl | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 17:38 | history | edited | user68958 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 5, 2018 at 17:30 | answer | added | Udank | timeline score: 24 | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 17:11 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 157 | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 17:06 | comment | added | Solar Mike | As the answer says you have to tell the University - if you don't then you are also aiding and abetting cheating while benefiting from cheats.... Once you tell them, they have time to sort a suitable replacement.... | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 16:57 | answer | added | Bob Brown | timeline score: 8 | |
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| Jul 5, 2018 at 16:52 | history | asked | SomeUserPassingBy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |