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Exam Day Test Center

Prepares candidates for exam day procedures at the test center for the NNAAP Examination in Northern California

Visit www.credentia.com/test-center-exams for information on what to expect and how to best prepare for your test center exam.

Checking In

  • You must arrive thirty (30) minutes before your scheduled time for BOTH the written examination (if offered at a test site) and for the skills evaluation. If you are late, you will not be allowed to test and your fees will not be refunded. 
  • Please arrive thirty (30) minutes prior to your scheduled time. Skills Evaluation test times are approximate.

NOTE: You will be required to check in for both the written examination and for the skills evaluation. You will be required to present proper identification.

WHAT TO BRING

You MUST have the following items with you when you take the NNAAP Examination:

  • Two (2) forms of proper identification
  • Three (3) No. 2 pencils (sharpened) 
  • Eraser 
  • Analog watch with a sweeping seconds hand (not a digital or Smartwatch)

No other materials will be allowed.

Proper Identification

You are required to bring your original Social Security card and one form of legal photo identification that includes your signature when reporting to take the examination. This is a mandatory requirement issued by the California Department of Public Health (effective January 2002). Photocopies of identification will NOT be accepted. Additionally, you must bring your signed CDPH 923 Form or CDPH 283B Form to testing every time you test.

Examples of proper identification include:

  • Driver’s license
  • DMV Identification card
  • Passport or Passport card
  • Permanent Resident Visa/Alien Registration card
  • U.S. Military ID card Library card 

The first and last names or suffix (i.e., Jr., II, III), on the current government photo identification, social security card, Nurse Assistant Certification (HS 283b), or CDPH Approval letter (923 Form) must be the same name used on the registration application to register for the examination. If you do not bring proper identification, or if your names do not match on all presented documents, you will not be allowed to test and your examination fee will not be refunded. All documents presented at test site must be current, original, legible, and unaltered.

Security And Cheating

If you give help to or receive help from anyone during the Skills examination, the examination will be stopped. The incident will be reported to the DSHS for review, and your examination will not be scored.

NOTE: All examination questions, each form of the examination, and all other examination materials are copy- righted by and the property of Credentia. Consequently, any distribution of the examination content or materials through any form of reproduction, or through oral or written communication, is strictly prohibited and punishable by law. 

Anyone who removes or tries to remove examination materials or information from the test site will be prosecuted.

 

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