The days of traditional 'cheat sheets' or peeking at a neighbor's exam are long gone. Today, smartwatches, mobile phones, headphones, earpieces, recorders, cameras, or smart glasses are the preferred tools for cheating. This poses a significant threat to any examination, especially crucial ones like the University Access Tests (PAU).
To combat these technological tricks, some autonomous communities, such as Catalonia, Galicia, Murcia, and Aragon, have confirmed the use of frequency detectors. Another eight, including Euskadi, do not rule out their implementation. While the EHU has not confirmed their use, it refers to the published regulations for these tests.
If copying or fraud is detected during the test, the tribunal will request the exercise to be handed in, and it will receive a grade of 0.0.
Fraud is considered to be copying or attempting to copy through classmates, communicating with other students or external individuals, leaving the classroom without submitting the exam booklet, using books or notes, and employing electronic devices such as smartwatches, mobile phones, headphones, earpieces, recorders, cameras, or any other electronic device.
The EHU's regulations clearly state the materials not permitted in the classroom: books, notes, mobile phones, computers, smartwatches (other watches are allowed but must be on the desk and visible), headphones, earpieces, smart glasses, recorders, cameras, and any telephone, electronic, or computer device (except calculators, dictionaries, or other permitted materials). All these devices must be turned off and stored, never on the exam desk.
