Exams
Please choose from the following:- Accessibility/Special Requests - CGA Alberta will provide accommodations for students with special needs.
- Exam Conflicts - outlines the procedure to follow if you have two examinations scheduled to be written at the same time, or if you are a CGA student living outside of Calgary and Edmonton and are required to find your own supervisor.
- French Exam Requests - some CGA exams are available in French. Find out which exams and how to gain access.
Non-Disclosed Exams
The following exams have a NON DISCLOSURE agreement attached to the exam question paper:
CGA Exams: EM1 LW1 QU1 PA1 PA2
CGA students writing these exams are required to sign the Non-Disclosure Form that is attached to the examination. Failure to sign the form may result in the delay of marking of the student's examination.
Non-disclosed exam question papers are not permitted to be removed from exam room, by the student, at any time and must be submitted to the invigilator along with the student's exam answer booklets.
All non-disclosed exam contents must be held in strictest confidence and all students are warned that disclosure of any part of the above examinations could result in:
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Invalidation of the exam grade
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Disqualification from future exams
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Possible legal actions
Note: All Laurentian University exams are non-disclosed examinations however do not have a "form" to be signed but still fall under the same parameters as the other non-disclosed examinations.
DEVELOPMENT & MARKING
CGA examinations have two specific purposes:
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In each course: to establish that you have sufficient subject matter knowledge to continue in the CGA Program and to take courses for which that knowledge may be a prerequisite.
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For the program as a whole: to establish that you have a sufficient body of knowledge required for certification as a CGA.
To accomplish these objectives, there are three main stages in the examination process:
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exam development and review
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individual exam marking
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a final mark review
The CGA Canada Education Committee begins the process by selecting examiners. Each examiner is a highly-qualified academic from the post-secondary community and, in some cases, is also the course author. Examiners prepare a practice examination and the exams for the current academic year.
Once an examiner has prepared the complete exam set and suggested solutions, the exam set is reviewed by two separate committees administered by provincial associations. The Primary Review Committee consists of three members who write each exam under examination conditions. The exam and suggested solutions are then carefully reviewed for form, relationship to course material, accuracy and clarity. The Supplementary Review Committee carries out an identical review process and their review comments are submitted to the primary review committee. The Primary Review Committee is responsible for resolving any difficulties directly with the examiner.
After you have written an examination, your paper is sent to the examiner for marking. If a large number of exams must be marked, the examiner selects and supervises a marking team. When a marking team is required, one marker reviews the same question on each paper. This process is designed to ensure fairness and uniformity in the marking. After all the papers have been marked, the examiner reviews all papers that are borderline failures (59% to 64%). The results are then forwarded to CGA Canada for review. Each failed paper is rechecked for accuracy.
Finally, the exam results are review by the CGA Canada Education Committee.
