I've definitely heard some horror stories, so I know my experience isn't the case for everyone. For me at least, the online exam experience has been positive and painless. I took CMSS online last week, and I've also taken two of the Cisco DevNet exams online since July. Each of my exams was taken from a different location (office, bedroom, empty room with a desk) and different device setup (mouse vs trackpad, external monitor vs laptop screen). In one instance the proctor did ask me to to move the webcam around the room and show that there was nothing under my mousepad. On the two other exams I had no communication with the proctor at all. I generally try to make sure that the room is clean with minimal extraneous items that they might have questions about. I generally take the room photos using the wide-angle mode on my iPhone so that as much of the room as possible is visible.
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