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Electronic exams offer benefits such as ease of marking, reduced need to read illegible handwriting, as well as saving time.

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Challenges

Many innovations face reactionary challenges in the social, political and technical spheres. Objections focus on the unreliability of computer equipment or the potential for cheating. Some 'hacks' against eExams use cooling of the computer RAM to 0 degrees Celsius, when the contents can be preserved for about 45 seconds. [10] This is irrelevant if the exam question paper is published after the assessment and open source software is used (since the material is put in the public domain anyway). [11] These criticisms have been answered by a risk tree comparison with paper-based examinations, finding the typing and handwriting in examinations are similarly secure. [12]

The challenges of e-exams are: usability issues during the exam, increased stress level due to unfamiliarity with e-exam systems and inadequate functionality. [5]

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  2. ↑ Lane, Bernard (18 November 2009). "Laptops pass the big exam". The Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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