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• Unethical behaviour
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• Prohibited items

Unethical behaviour

UMAT is a high-stakes test; that is, the results of the test have the potential to make a major impact on the future career of the test taker.  For this reason, ACER, in conjunction with the UMAT Consortium, has established security procedures which will be strictly enforced at all times.  The giving of false or misleading information during the registration process, and any unethical behaviour during the test itself, are viewed as serious breaches of UMAT ethical standards and will attract penalties.

Any candidate found guilty of unethical behaviour will automatically have their UMAT scores cancelled and may be prohibited from registering to take UMAT on a future occasion.

Practices which constitute unethical behaviour include:

*  Attempting to take the test on behalf of another person or have another person take the test for you;
*  Attempting to copy or remove a test book or part thereof, an answer sheet, or any notes, from the testing room;
*  Failure to follow test supervisor’s instructions at all times, including the instruction to work only on a particular Section of the test;
*  Failure to stop work and put pencils down immediately when instructed;
*  Giving or receiving of assistance during the test;
*  Creating a disturbance;
*  Using unauthorised aids (including but not limited to: notes, note paper, dictionary, calculator, mobile phone, tape recorder, mp3 player, electronic personal organiser, stationery items other than pencil and eraser, etc.);
*  Attempting to take UMAT in any year prior to final year of secondary schooling;
*  Using or passing on information about test questions to a third party for the purpose of your own or the third party’s personal or commercial gain.

Breaches of Copyright

Candidates are advised that UMAT is copyright material that is owned by the UMAT Consortium.  In addition to any penalty imposed for unethical behaviours arising from a candidate using or passing on information about test questions to a third party for the purpose of the candidate’s or a third party’s personal or commercial gain, a candidate, or a person acting on a candidate’s behalf, who infringes or misuses the UMAT Consortium’s intellectual property rights in UMAT may be subject to legal action.