The All Japan Information Learning Promotion Association conducted a survey on "the psychology of cheating people" for those who have thought about cheating in qualification examinations and national examinations.The number of people surveyed is 1,057.

 According to the survey, "I absolutely wanted to pass (50.1%)" was the most common "motivation for cheating", followed by "I think that only the result is important for the exam (20.3%)". "I knew it was a bad thing, but I wanted to have fun (14.8%)," he continued. "How did you decide to cheat? (Multiple answers allowed)" was most often "Peek into another person's answer (during the exam) (58.8%)", followed by "Prepare a cheat sheet." (Including notes in hand) (35.4%) ".In addition, as "a surprising cheat method that I have seen and heard", "pay money to take a replacement ball exam (30s / male / Tokushima prefecture)", "take a picture of the exam questions and post them on Twitter, and give the answer. There was a method such as "Request (40s / Female / Mie Prefecture)".

 When asked, "Do you think a lot of people will cheat if the test director's eyes aren't strict?", "I think so (21.0%)" and "I think so to some extent (48.3%)", nearly 7%. However, it seems that many people think that if the proctor's oversight is loose, many people will cheat.

 "What kind of test environment do you think is easy to cheat? (Multiple answers allowed)" was most often "Sweet supervision by the test director (63.6%)", followed by "Sweet carry-on check (39.2%)". "Online test (30.9%)". "Do you think you can easily cheat on an online exam?", "I think so (36.6%)" and "I think so to some extent (42.4%)", and nearly 8% think that it is easy to cheat on an online exam. I understand.

 The most common reason for refraining from cheating was "I thought it was impossible to actually cheat even if I wanted to (29.5%)", and "It is not worth the risk (22.7%)". I thought it would ruin my life if I got caught (17.6%). "

 From this survey, many people plan cheat because they want to pass the exam, and the means of cheat are diversifying year by year, such as preparing cheat papers and leaking exam questions on devices such as smartphones. I found out that there was.Many people gave up thinking that they couldn't actually cheat, but it seems that cheating is more likely to occur depending on the test environment, such as loose monitoring by the test director and poor carry-on checks.In addition, cheat measures must be further strengthened for online tests that have many blind spots and are difficult to monitor.

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