Policies and Procedures

Our policies and procedures protect the integrity of CRMO Program, ensuring the exam process is fair for all candidates. It is your responsibility to read and understand all policies set forth by GIFP.

Exam Misconduct and Rules Violations

If you engage in any misconduct during the exam, the GIFP Examination Committee may investigate your conduct which may lead to the voiding of your exam results and suspension or termination of your candidacy in the CRMO Program.

Misconduct is any activity or conduct that compromises or attempts to compromise the reputation, integrity, validity, or security of the CRMO Program exams. This includes conduct occurring during enrollment/registration, as well as conduct before, during, and after the administration of the CRMO Program exams. The CRMO Program exams include CRMO L1 exam, CRMO L2 exam and CRMO L3 exam.

Misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

♦ Creating a disturbance during the exam;

♦ Giving or receiving assistance on the exam including looking at another candidate’s exam answers; attempting to communicate with fellow candidates or other persons during the exam or on unscheduled breaks, and/or using books, papers, or other study aids during the exam;

♦ Removing exam materials or notes from the testing room;

♦ Taking part in an act of impersonation or other forms of cheating;

♦ Failing to follow the directions of testing personnel before, during, and after the exam;

♦ Using unapproved calculators, mobile phones, cameras, headsets, computers, tablets, smart watches, during the exam;

♦ Using scratch paper including writing on the front or back of your exam admission ticket before, during, or after the exam or writing on the erasable note board before the exam;

♦ Misrepresenting information on enrollment or registration forms, or requests for scholarship;

♦ Asking for or using unauthorized CRMO exam preparatory materials that you know or have a reasonable basis to know violate GIFP copyright;

♦ Sharing or requesting that others share with you, CRMO exam content, verbally or in writing, after the administration of the exam;

♦ Attempting to obtain and/or obtaining your exam results prior to the official published exam results release date;

♦ Altering exam results issued by GIFP and/or misrepresenting pass/fail results;

♦ Failing to comply with any GIFP testing policy, exam rule, and/or GIFP governing documents including the Bylaws, the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice and Rules of Procedure as amended from time to time; and

♦ Engaging in any other conduct that could be considered by GIFP, in its sole discretion, to compromise or attempt to compromise the reputation, integrity, validity, or security of the CRMO Program exams or GIFP.

All candidates are "covered persons" under GIFP Bylaws and the Rules of Procedure: Exam-Related Conduct. Therefore, any proceeding/investigation of a candidate's alleged misconduct is considered a professional conduct matter.


Exam Admission and Appointment Policy (Computer-Based Exam)

Exam Calculator Policy

Exam Security Policy (Computer-Based Exam)

Exam Personal Belongings Policy (Computer-Based Exam)

Exam Misconduct and Rules Violations

Program Refunds, Deferrals, and Withdrawals Policies

Exam Score Retabulation

Exam Eligibility Policy (Computer-Based Exam)