BCS Online Exam Process
Extra Time in Online BCS Exams
You can check eligibility for additional online exam time by clicking here
Please inform us when booking your exam slot if you are applying for extra time.
Upcoming exam dates
We have the following dates scheduled for a BA Training Solutions invigilated exam which apply to those who purchased their self-study material prior to April 2026:
- 7:00 pm Monday 20 July
To book a place on this session, or if it is not suitable, please email Info@BA-Solutions.co.uk
Candidates who purchased a self-study guide from the beginning of April 2026, will sit the exam via ‘remote proctoring’, allowing a date/time to be selected of your own choosing.
BA Training Solutions will register you for the exam using the details you have supplied us. You will need to complete registrations for both BCS and Questionmark. You will receive an email inviting you to register on the BCS e-professional portal. Once you have completed registration, you will be able to see the booking details that we have given to BCS. The exam date and time may not reflect what you will book with Questionmark, but this will update once the exam has taken place so your certificate will have the correct date. You will also receive an email with log in details for Questionmark. This will enable you to complete your registration and book your exam.
If you take your exam without completing your BCS registration, you will not be able to retrieve your exam result.
If you are unable to see an assessment to schedule once you have registered, please contact BCS via customerservice@bcs.uk.
If you’re unable to select a remote proctored time and date, please contact support@questionmark.com.
The BCS portal can be accessed at:
https://eprofessional.bcs.org/Portal/Candidate/Login
From the portal, you can update your personal details, view upcoming exams and access any exams that you have been registered for. You can also see results for exams you have already taken and download your qualification certificates.
You will receive a reservation confirmation email from Questionmark confirming the examination, institution, date, time and time zone. Please check these details to ensure the correct examination, date and time has been booked. If you have any issues creating/selecting a session please contact BCS or Questionmark as per above.
In order to allow the exam proctor to view you and your environment during the exam, you will need to download the Zoom application. This should be done at the earliest opportunity after the exam is scheduled to ensure that the application loads correctly. If using a company device please check with your IT department that it has loaded correctly and that it will run once the exam has started.
Taking the exam
Before you start the exam, you should ensure that all other applications are closed and in particular check that no messaging apps are running in the background as this may prevent your exam from starting.
To take the examination you should log in to your account on the Questionmark website and go to the ‘My Assessments’ screen.
15 minutes before the exam, the ‘Schedule’ button will change to ‘Launch’ (this resembles a ‘Play’ symbol in the top right-hand corner of the screen). It may take a few minutes before the exam proctor becomes available. They will then guide you through the required steps to set up the examination.
The proctor will expect you to provide proof of ID and to perform a webcam sweep of your room and desk area which should be free from books and notes other than a few sheets of blank paper. Note that the BCS’s exam guidance PDF states that two forms of identification are needed, but only one is required – please ensure that the ID is not out of date.
During the exam you will need to stay connected to both the Zoom meeting and the exam with your camera and microphone both ‘on’.
Navigating through the exam is relatively intuitive. Questions are answered on screen by clicking onto one or more of the answers displayed on the screen. Single answer questions require you to click into a small circle next to the correct answer, whereas multi-answer questions are small squares. We note that the exam software does not enforce clicking of the correct number of answers for multi-answer questions.
There should be an amount of time left displayed at the top of the screen. There is also an option to ‘flag’ a question that you want to go back to later. We recommend that you take a best guess at every question before flagging it. The Questionmark software will allow you to navigate backwards and forwards through the exam and go back to flagged and unanswered questions.
Ensure that you attempt every question.
At the end of the exam
You can terminate the exam before the time expires but we do not recommend this. Otherwise, the exam will finish at the end of the allocated time.
Your exam result will be displayed immediately. The result will remain as pending until it has been processed by BCS which can take a day or so.
The exam proctor will normally ask you to tear up any note paper that you have used during the exam.
If you experience any technical issues or erroneous questions during the exam, please inform Info@BA-Solutions.co.uk immediately.
Good Luck!