The College does not automatically register applicants for another exam sitting. If you deferred writing the exam you still have to register for another exam by submitting the Exam Registration Form, booking your exam with the exam provider and paying the exam fee (if your request for deferral was not received by the deadline). Applicants can defer writing the exam to the next available exam date for any reason, including not being ready to write.

If you wish to register for the third and last attempt on the exam you must submit a Remediation Plan to the Registration Committee for approval. Please submit the plan way in advance so the College can prepare a referral.

To learn more about the Remediation Plan use this link https://www.coko.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Remediation-Plan-Guide-Revised-October-2019.pdf

Please notify us by email by the application deadline that you wish to re-take the exam and we will inform you of next steps. You are not required to resubmit your online application or any documents.

In general, applicants who wish to register for their second attempt are required to submit the Exam Registration Form and the exam fee and must book their exam with the exam provider. Once you are ready to re-take the exam please notify us at examination@coko.ca

Applicants have three attempts or four years (whichever comes first) to pass the exam. If you failed and wish to re-take the exam, you have to pay the examination fee for each attempt.

You will need to install the Guardian Secure Browser and ProctorU Extension to access your exam. We strongly recommend you install both the Guardian and ProctorU Extension prior to your exam. Please have Google Chrome set up as your  preferred browser.

It is mandatory that you test your equipment prior to the exam and on the day of your scheduled exam. To successfully check your equipment you will need to download the Guardian Browser. Once you have installed the Guardian Browser, log into your ProctorU account and click the button that says “Test Your Equipment”. Please visit the resource centre for examinees at: https://www.proctoru.com/proctoru-live-resource-centre.

Meazure Learning provides 24/7 technical support. If you lose connection and you cannot reconnect you will not be able to resume the exam. The College and the exam provider will investigate such incidents on a case-by-case basis. If approved you will be allowed  to reschedule your exam for the next business day; however an additional fee will apply. The rescheduling fee can be paid only by check payable to the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario. The check must be submitted within two weeks after the scheduled exam. We highly recommend that candidates have strong, hard-wired internet prior to connecting to the proctor to avoid any technical issues.

You are allowed a total of three attempts, or four years (whichever comes first) from the date you were first approved to write the exam.  Following a second unsuccessful attempt, you cannot write again without the permission of the College’s Registration Committee. 

To ensure accuracy in marking, quality control checks are conducted by our exam provider during and after marking each examination. To ensure accuracy in marking, quality control checks are conducted by our exam provider during and after marking each examination. Each exam is marked twice. Exam scores produced by two marking methods are then compared to each other to ensure their accuracy. 

You may submit a request to the College to have your score verified.  Your request must be received by the College within 30 days of receiving your exam results. There is a $50 fee for score verification of the exam. The fee can be paid only or by cheque. To submit a request for rescoring please email examination@coko.ca , with the subject line “Score Verification”. Please include your full legal name and the date you wrote the exam.

The Examination Candidate Performance Profile shows:

• a breakdown of your exam results using average scaled scores, which are constant over every exam sitting. This enables you to see how you performed in comparison to the average performance of other passing candidates (i.e. the reference group) for each of the content categories of the Exam Blueprint;
• detailed information on your performance in two specific content categories of the exam: (1) Competency Category (domains); and (2) Cognitive Level.
• Please note that your raw score on the test form has been converted to the scaled score, and that you are not required to pass each content area to pass the exam. If you received a score below 450 in any of the content areas, you might want to focus more of your future preparation efforts in those areas.

The College reports results as “Pass” and “Fail.” Only unsuccessful candidates receive an Examination Candidate Performance Profile.

No, applicants will only have access to the exam questions during the exam.

You will receive an email from the exam provider with a link and your credentials. Ensure you have Chrome or Firefox installed. You also will be required to install the LogMeIn Rescue applet. This file will allow you to chat with your proctor during the exam. It will be in your Downloads or in your default download location. After you have downloaded the file click Open or Allow to run the applet.  Wait for your proctor in a queue. It may take a few minutes for your proctor to connect. Then follow instructions from your proctor. 

Choose a private room, free from distractions with no one else around you. Your work area must be a hard surface (not a bed or couch).

Yes. Your exam session will be recorded and constantly monitored by a proctor.  

Yes, you will be required to show all four walls of your room and your work area including your desk and monitor. 

Yes. After you have completed Part 1 your exam, you will click on the “Submit Part 1” button at the top right. Be sure to review your answers before submitting, as you will not be permitted to return to these questions. Answers to questions in Part 2 also must be submitted in a similar fashion. 

The exam is divided into two parts with a maximum 15-minute break between parts. Time reminders will pop on your screen to notify you that you have one hour left, then 30 minutes and then 15 minutes left to complete and submit each part of the exam.

You can withdraw from writing the exam if you do not want to defer to the next available exam date. If you withdraw, you will receive a 50 per cent refund of the exam fee if the withdrawal occurs at least 15 calendar days before the exam date. If the withdrawal occurs within 15 calendar days of the exam date, you will not be refunded any amount.

A partial refund may be issued to applicants who withdraw within 15 calendar days of the exam date with a documented illness or on compassionate grounds. View the Fee Refund Policy.

Applicants who are not able to complete the exam for any reason (e.g., technical issues with their computer system, missed appointment) on the exam day will have an option to rebook their exam within a given timeline at an additional cost. Applicants who choose not to rebook their exam within the given rebooking timeline will be required to pay the full exam fee. These applicants must also pay the full exam fee again should they decide to write the exam in the future.

If you can’t take the exam from home or office you can ask for special accommodations to write at a test centre. A request to write at a designated test centre will be considered on an individual basis and is contingent upon availability and restrictions in place related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The College understands that unforeseen circumstances (including but not limited to illness and bereavement) may arise, and that an applicant may not be able to write the exam on the date confirmed. Please notify us in writing immediately but no later than one day before the exam.

If the applicant is unable to attend the exam due to unforeseen circumstances that occur on exam day, the applicant must notify the College of their absence in writing immediately, but no later than five days after the scheduled exam. To rewrite, a letter from the applicant’s appropriate regulated health professional or other appropriate supporting documentation (e.g. death certificate, obituary notice) confirming the circumstance must be sent to the College within two weeks of the applicant’s notification of absence. An applicant who is absent on the day of the scheduled exam will not be able to rewrite until they provide the reason for their absence. Note: A partial refund may be issued due to unforeseen circumstances.