06-14-2017, 11:44 AM
I use a couple of different laptops to take these exams. One has a poor camera and one has a poor microphone. I have gotten five or six requests for picture/ID redos with the bad camera laptop, but no problems. The bad microphone one has some difficulty with the microphone check, so I end up yelling and still not passing. I have found out that a really strong cough gets past the microphone check with no problems so now I just do that every time. When they replay the room scan, I can hear the incessant ringing that my microphone makes. They must hate me, but that is never a problem with results. I have had several times when my kids have run into the room and that has never been a problem. One time, my twin girls came in crying and I finished the exam with them on my lap. No problem with that one. Another time, the kids came home from school and I ran quickly into a closet to finish the exam. Again, no problems.