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Here is an overview of the terminology used throughout Practique. This may help you to align your own exams setup to how we present them within the system.

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Mark sheet
The list of specified criteria and their associated mark schemes make up the mark sheet for each Item throughout the system. Mark sheet consists of both globally defined criteria and criteria defined on the particular Item.


Exams

Exam venue candidate capacity 
This is the maximum number of candidates that your exam venue can accommodate per circuit.

Exam block
Exam block groups Sessions together. One block can accommodate one Item set. Increasing the number of exam blocks in one day allows you to run multiple Item sets on the same exam day.

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Circuit
Circuits are run concurrently and are attached to a particular session. The number of candidates each circuit can contain is dependent on your Exam venue candidate capacity setting.

Round
The duration of one regular station, at the end of which usually the candidate or examiner will rotate to follow on to the next station in their schedule.

Floor marshal
Each circuit is led by one floor marshal. This person will have the responsibility of monitoring the rate of mark submissions from examiners and advancing the exam rounds in online mode. 

Default standard Standard setting method
Choose between Angoff, Ebel, Borderline Group and Borderline Regression. Read more about this here

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