General info on actual testing center setup

[Briannamc24]

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Hey everyone!

I'm taking the DAT in a few days and I was wondering what the testing center set-up was like? I know I'm assigned a locker to store EVERYTHING in. What are their rules/guidelines like? Am I in a room by myself? Or with other people taking only the DAT? Do I sit at a table? Desk? Cubicle? Sound proof room so they can't hear me screaming? haha

Thanks!

 

[dymm]

Hey everyone!

I'm taking the DAT in a few days and I was wondering what the testing center set-up was like? I know I'm assigned a locker to store EVERYTHING in.
During your break (after SNS+PAT) you are allowed to access your locker to get food/drink, but you cannot go over your notes/study materials (that's what I was told at least).

What are their rules/guidelines like?
As for the rules and guidelines try reading up on the DAT Examinee Guide provided by the ADA.


Am I in a room by myself? Or with other people taking only the DAT?
No. There may be 40 year old men taking other tests and letting out huge "sighs" everytime they see a new question on their test or people may be using (read-banging) the keyboard as if they are using a typewriter in the 1940s.


Do I sit at a table? Desk? Cubicle? Sound proof room so they can't hear me screaming?
A cubicle. Noise-cancelling overhead headphones are provided (at least at my testing center). The "testing room" is sound proof, and you have to sign in/sign out everytime you enter/leave the "testing room" by giving your fingerprint and showing them your empty pockets.

Thanks!

Good luck with everthing

 

[Svande8952]

I will also attest to the banging keyboards like typewriters. I found this very distracting, but the earphones eliminated that. The other thing that really annoyed me was the test center employees. Apparently they are required to walk through the test center in 10 minute intervals, once I took the headphones off during the QR section I really noticed this.

It feels like they are looking over your shoulder. I would also try to get a desk as far away from the door as possible. I was lucky enough to be given a good spot, but if you get a spot by the door it would be terrible. Someone goes in or out of the door constantly, and every time the door opens, a tone alarm is audible.

I was not allowed to access my locker during breaks. They allowed me to leave any snacks on a table next to the locker bank.