OLD STYLE TEST INFORMATION PAGE

For the old style tests, as pictured in the first graphic below, you use your first name and your last name for your "User Name" and  "User ID" on the opening page of the test.  First name (personal name) always goes on the left line and last name (family name) always goes on the right line. (See "Caution" at the bottom of the graphic.)  If you do not fill in those two lines on the tests then we have no way of knowing who you are.  And if you fill them in incorrectly, then we have to hand-process your test results instead of relying on our automated system to handle the process for us.  When we have to hand-process them, the time it takes per student test is increased by a ratio of 5,000:1.
    Use only your email address that is on file with us here at SLBC.  If you are going to use any email other than the one you submitted on your Application form, then you must first register that email with us by submitting an Email Address Change form.  If you use an email address that is not registered to you, then this form will be rejected and you will have to resubmit it before taking any tests.

Bottom box name:
Sometimes the bottom box will have a different name; but no matter what name it may have you will always enter your full name in that box.

Email:
If you do not enter your email address correctly on the "E-mail" line, then our automated mail system will not route your test properly and your test will not go into your file but will wind up in a general file where it may not be found.  Our filters are set to recognize the email address you entered on your Application form.  Only that address can be recognized.  If you change your email address or wish to add a second address, then you must submit a change of email address form.

        Also, without your email entered on the Email line, or if it is entered incorrectly, the system cannot send a copy of your test to you at that address nor will we have an address to contact you about the test should we need to.  We will endeavor to find you through a system search keyed on your name in order to find out who you are, but that increases the processing time by at least 5,000%.  And there is no guarantee that we will find you that way.  If we cannot, then your test will be discarded and you will have to retake it.  The responsibility rests with the student for accurate submission of information on the opening page of the tests.  The responsibility for any loss of material or disallowance because of inaccurate information submitted on the form will rest with the student.  We will do the best we can to find you, but any student consistently failing to follow proper procedures will be placed on probation. 

Those tests without an email address are discarded as not usable because there is no way to know who they are from, nor is there any way to contact the student to ask them who they are.
   We have to process and discard those tests by hand and this results in extra and unnecessary work for our staff.

Instructions For Testing

1. You must take the test at the end of each section before proceeding to the next section of the textbook.  You cannot study the entire textbook and then take the tests all at once.  Unless otherwise indicated, the required procedure minimum is one week to study one section and then take the test for that section.  You may submit that section test on the last day of the week of study for that section of the textbook.  The week of study for the next section does not begin on the day you take a section test.  It begins on the next day after taking the previous section test.  That section test must be taken as many times as need be to pass it.  Each question answered wrong, whether you pass the test or not, must be looked up in the textbook/workbook or your KJV Bible, whichever is appropriate, and the correct answer found before proceeding to the next section for study or before proceeding to take the failed test again to try to earn a passing score.
   ATTENTION:  If you fail a test, you MAY NOT attempt that test again on the same day.  You must restudy the textbook/workbook and find all of the correct answers to the questions missed and then retake the test no sooner than the next day.
   Also, any tests taken without meeting the minimum attendance requirement for the course will be discarded.  This is to ensure that you are taking a reasonable amount of time studying each lesson so that you will be more likely to retain the material.
   Example:  If the attendance requirement states that one week is required per lesson, then your first test cannot be submitted before the last day of the first week and subsequent tests are to be submitted at one week intervals.  Your attendance is figured from the date of your submission of the Sign In form for that course.
   You may NOT take more than one test in any one subject on one day.  If you fail a test you must review the relevant section and you may not retake that test until on or after the next day.

2. Once you have passed a test, please do not take it again.  Only your first passing score will be added to your file.  Any repeats taken after that will be discarded.  We have to process and discard those additional tests by hand and this results in extra and unnecessary work for our staff.

3. Tests taken out of sequence:  Because of our responsibility to ensure an acceptable quality of education for our students, which in this online format is attainable only by strict adherence to our study and testing guidelines, any tests taken out of sequence will be discarded and the score will not be recorded in your file.  You will have to take that test again when you reach it in the proper order of lesson study and testing.

4. CAUTION: Sometimes the tests do not open when you first attempt to download them.  This is an unavoidable quirk that sometimes happens when working with computers.  If you get a blank page, please refresh the page and the tests will open.  Either click the refresh icon or press F5 to refresh the page and that should allow the test to download and open properly.

5.  Pay particular attention to any instructions that you may find with the individual questions on the tests.  They are there to instruct you concerning what is specifically required to be included in or not to be included in your answer.
  Some examples are:
- Do not include punctuation in your answer.
- Use proper spelling and punctuation in your answer.
- Do not include the hyphen in your answer.
- Do not include the scripture reference, Acts 1:8, in your answer.
- Multiple answers required.

    These are just a few examples of instructions that may be found with individual questions.  When they are included with a question they must be followed exactly or the question will be marked "incorrect."

6.  Quotes of scriptures in tests are always from the KJV and require answers which are direct quotes from the KJV.  Sometimes the authors of the textbooks, for various reasons, use different punctuation than what is in the KJV and at times they may misspell a word.  If that happens and you quote the scripture from the textbook instead of from the KJV, your answer will be marked wrong.
   Again, ALL scriptures quoted in the tests are quoted from the KJV and require answers that are from the KJV in order for them to be correct- this includes punctuation.  This should not cause you any problems because you are required to look up every reference in any of the textbooks or other study materials in your KJV Bible and when you do you will be aware of any differences.  Remember to always use the KJV as the authoritative source for all scriptures and their formatting and spelling.
   Some new editions of the KJV, unfortunately, have changed the spelling of some words. We have tried to include both spellings as acceptable answers for scripture questions in the tests.  Should your copy of the KJV Bible have such changes, and we have not included the alternate spelling as acceptable in the answer, please contact us and we will adjust your test score accordingly.
   One common mistake in quotes is the addition or non-use of spaces either in the quote itself or at the beginning or end of the quote.  Any such discrepancies will cause the quote to be scored wrong.

7.  Many answers on open book tests require the exact answer from the textbook, workbook, or the KJV Bible, whichever is appropriate for the question.  It must be in the exact same format; i.e., it must have the same spelling, punctuation, etc.  If it is not the exact answer then it will be marked incorrect.

All instructions must be followed without deviation.
   Reason: Some have asked "Why insistence on absolute obedience to instruction?"  I think it prudent to include the following as an answer to that question.
   One of the things that is required of followers of Christ and servants of God is that they be able, and willing, to follow instructions here on earth- in all matters, both physical and spiritual.  Without that ability, which is learned and practiced here on earth, then there can be no expectation that they will follow His instructions at all, or at the least, not any more than nominally.   If people will not follow the instructions of whomever is their authority here on earth, then what makes anyone think such a person will ever follow the instructions of God!
   The ability to follow instructions does not come naturally, it must be learned.  That ability is one of the things we are trying to teach our students because there is a catastrophic and widespread lack of it not only in the lost but also in professors of Christianity today.
   We have spent thousands of hours designing the online courses and tests so that the student can have the best possible opportunity to succeed in obtaining a thorough and truly biblical education.  But, that opportunity can only be realized IF they follow the instructions on the website.  And this is also a part of the learning process purposefully designed into the website.
   I have observed in my decades in the ministry that one of the biggest problems preventing God's people from succeeding the way that God wants them to, is slothfulness in following orders.  And even more so as the orders get more specific.  In far too many Christians I have observed this inability to be born out of ignorance.  And, in some cases, I have observed their unwillingness to follow orders to be born strictly out of a spirit of rebellion.
   Christians should be leaders in the world; and to be a good leader one must first learn to be a good follower.  One of the requirements of a good follower is the ability to follow orders exactly and willingly.  One of the purposes and aims of this online college is to teach the unlearned how to follow orders; and hand in hand with that is an aim to rectify the bad habits of others who think it is not necessary to follow orders.  A third purpose is to readjust the thinking of those who have, consciously or subconsciously, become rebellious and believe they are above authority.  These are those who believe that they don't need to follow the orders of any earthly authority.  And for some of those, it is from an attitude of general rebellion against authority.  I have observed this in far to many of God's people from the pew to the pulpit.  For some it is obvious that they simply are unaware that God delegates authority, and the power to enforce it, to certain men and women in the earthly realm so that they may train and lead His people in the spiritual realm.  And that includes training His people in willingly and accurately following instruction.  Those to whom He entrusts this authority are, of course, operating only under the authority delegated by Him to them and are always to be subject to Him and the precepts taught in His Word.
   By following the instructions on the tests, and those throughout the website in general, the students will succeed in gaining a true Bible education.  In the process they will also learn the biblical principle of learning to follow, which is prime instruction for learning how to lead.  In that way they learn how to better and properly serve and represent the King of Kings in a manner that is pleasing to Him and effective in this world of rebels and godless people who have come to expect a lack of attention to detail and accuracy, rebellion, and godlessness, out of those who call themselves Christians.  And the lack of training in obedience amongst the Christians has given the lost much reason to think such of them.
   Finally, the training in obedience to instructions that our students learn will make them much more aware of the problem and better able to be  leaders and teachers and better able to be lovingly but firmly restorative of those nominal Christians who often wallow in their ignorance or revel in their rebellion when it comes to obedience.

   The biblical principle behind this training is I Samuel 15:23  "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry."  And learning to follow instructions will go far in helping to correct rebellion as well as offset the ignorance often born of stubbornness.

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