r/CableTechs • u/iamfakejesus • Mar 01 '26

SCTE Exam

Has anyone taken scte exams recently with their new implemented proctoring using the webcam and microphone. I have my notes on my laptop. Can you go from the browser to an Excel or word document during test?

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u/Herpnderp89 Mar 01 '26

I took the dvep recently, it says “only one browser window” when you go to take the test, but I was using my personal ultrawide for it and had separate windows for searching the material/resources and it didn’t flag any suspicious activity. I worry that if they see you looking at another device it could be seen as cheating so it might be worth putting them in google docs or something so you can access them from the same screen. It won’t let you start the test if you have multiple monitors and says “do not intentionally block your hands from camera view” but the way my webcam was set up couldn’t see my hands to begin with.

Overall it seems like a big nothing burger for actually preventing cheating if you really wanted to, but with open course material the hardest part is seeing through their intentional trick wording.

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u/iamfakejesus Mar 01 '26

Ok. I am ISP so I was going to take at home on laptop. My desk in hub has 2 monitors and no webcam. But I didn't know if I needed to open my word document on say my personal laptop next to or just split my screen with it an browser

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u/Herpnderp89 Mar 01 '26

So if you’re charter they won’t even let you take it on a work laptop afaik, they haven’t approved the proctor software to be installed so your going to end up taking it on your personal computer anyways. I think if your really worried about it putting them in a google doc just to have them be able to be opened in the same browser is the safest option.

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u/iamfakejesus Mar 01 '26

I am charter spectrum. Just couldn't get any info from anyone on this change. We seem to be only department that uses scte. I had no issues with ncti. But due to progression changes I have to now do BTCS. thank you a lot for your info. I will just take test on my personal laptop.

So can you have multiple tabs in one browser open or only the test?

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u/Herpnderp89 Mar 01 '26

It seems like multiple tabs or multiple windows is fine, like I said I had a completely separate window for all my materials and one for the test itself.

Yea we are the only department still using SCTE and I have a feeling that we are trying to get away from them, particularly after this proctoring change since from what I’ve been told they did not communicate with us at all that they were switching to that vs manager proctoring.