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and includes references that will be available onscreen during the test. Candidates for all RETA exams are encouraged to become as familiar with the study guide for their exam as they are with operating manuals for the refrigeration facilities they support in their work. Each study guide can be downloaded free from Certification screens on the RETA website. RETA practice tests allow candidates to take the same types of questions that appear on each test. These questions use the same references and test the same topics that appear in parallel RETA certification exams. All practice test questions were approved for use in RETA certification exams before being “retired” for use in practice tests; no practice test question can appear in a RETA certification exam. Practice tests can be purchased on the RETA website for $59 per attempt. We welcome your questions about RETA’s credentialing exams and activities. Send your questions by email to Dan Reisinger at dan@reta.com.

Candidates who are uncomfortable with these added security requirements may prefer to take onsite proctored exams in a RETA test center where they are available. RETA’s OLP testing meets the same ANSI 17024 Standards for test security as its onsite-proctored tests. RETA worked with its test delivery vendor, Kryterion, to assure that all ANSI 17024 Standards are met in RETA OLP testing to maintain its ANSI accreditation. RETA conducted multiple trials of OLP testing to refine these test security and delivery procedures. These security specifications then were verified by an independent ANSI assessor before RETA could offer OLP testing to candidates.   These additional security requirements make it especially important for OLP candidates to use test preparation tools RETA offers to all certification candidates. These are: • CARO, CIRO and CRST Study Guides • CARO, CIRO and CRST Practice Tests Each RETA study guide provides the content outline for the test, identifies books that a candidate should study,

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