Exam Day Test Center

North Carolina - National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP)

Taking Your Skills Test Center Exam in Person

Checking in

You must arrive thirty (30) minutes before your scheduled time for both the written examination (if offered at a test site) and for the skills evaluation. If you are late, you will not be allowed to test, and your fees will not be refunded.
If you missed your written examination and are scheduled for a skills evaluation, please arrive thirty (30) minutes prior to your scheduled time. Skills Evaluation test times are approximate.

Note: You will need to check in for both the written examination and the skills evaluation if both are scheduled for the same day. You will need to present proper identification.

Requirements for Skill Exam

You should have the following list of items below for the skill exam.

Two (2) forms of official (current, not expired), legible, signature-bearing identification, one of which must be photo identification.
Three (3) No. 2 pencils (sharpened).
Eraser.
Analog watch with a sweeping seconds hand (not a digital or Smartwatch).

Note: No other materials will be allowed.

Proper Identification

Candidates are required to bring two (2) forms of current, not expired official government-issued signature bearing identification (one of which must be photo-bearing) to the test site.

Note: Photocopies of identification will not be accepted.

One form of identification must be a U.S. government issued Social Security (SS) card, signed and not laminated.
A second form of identification must be any of the items listed below and must be photo-bearing.

Current, non-expired driver’s license.

a. Candidates who do not have their new license by exam day must bring their expired driver's license and their temporary permit.

Current, non-expired learner’s permit.
Military Identification.

b. Sponsor military identification and a dependent military identification may be used when presented with a valid SS card.

State - or federal - issued identification card.
Passport (US or foreign, current, non-expired).
Alien registration card.
Employment authorization document (EAD) photo identification card (current, non-expired, federal-issued).

The name on your identification must be the same as the name you used on the application to register for the examination.

If you do not bring proper identification, you will not be allowed to test, and your examination fee will not be refunded. This absence will count as one of your three (3) opportunities to test because you were not prepared with the correct forms of identification.

Security and Cheating

If you help or receive help from anyone during the NNAAP® Examination, the examination will be stopped. The incident will be reported to the state Board of Nursing for review and your examination will not be scored (see Testing Policies).

Note: All examination questions, each form of the examination, and all other examination materials are copyrighted by, the property of or licensed to Credentia. Consequently, any distribution of the examination content or materials through any form of reproduction or through oral or written communication, is strictly prohibited and punishable by law. Anyone who removes or tries to remove examination material or information from the test site will be prosecuted.