After successfully installing and enabling the Proctorio Exam monitoring software, and completing the diagnostic check, you will begin your CEBS exam. For a click by click instructions of next steps, please download and print the "How-To Guide" available here, and in Step 2 on theinstitutes.org website.
The CEBS exam is hosted in the "Surpass" learning management system. To access the exam, you will follow the steps below.
1. A Question 1 Box will be open on your screen.
2. Click the Click Here link in the first line of the question box. The remainder of this box will be completed after you have successfully clicked the link, completed your exam in the new testing window and received your results. Leave this window open behind the new Surpass exam window.
3. A new window will open. Click the green Open Exam box in the lower left of the screen. You are entering the Surpass system where the exam is hosted.
4. Review your information, then click Yes if the information is correct.
5. Review the information provided regarding the types of questions.
6. Click the blue Start the Test box in the lower right corner after reviewing the question section descriptions.
— Each question type is in its own question bank/grouping. All functionality for flagging, reviewing and sorting questions corresponds to each question group—not the entire exam.
— You can move freely between question groups by clicking on the vertical toolbar on the left of the screen.
— If there are any reference materials associated with an exam, they will be available now.
Navigation Icons are available in the lower left of the screen.
— Preferences, the gear icon, allows for different font and background colors.
— Section Review, the nine dots, allows for sorting flagged, answered and unanswered questions per question type.
— Question sections are in the vertical, numbered column on the far left of the screen. Clicking on the sections will navigate between section groups
For assistance and technical support, please reach out to the CEBS Customer Service team, available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. CT. For U.S. students, they can be reached at cebs@ifebp.org or (800) 449-2327, option 3. For Canadian students, they can be reached at cancebs@ifebp.org or (833) 886-3749.