[flanked-evergl]

I think the chance that the person creating the "dumb" terminal is more competent at locking down the system than students are at breaking out of the "dumb" terminal is low. I work at a bank, and they have layers and layers of lockdowns for employees that take a couple of minutes to defeat with almost no skill. I doubt schools will do better.

[foobarbecue]

The GRE has been on computer terminals since forever (at least it was when I took it in 2012). Lots of standardized testing is.

If you don't include WiFi hardware, and don't plug in an Ethernet cable, cheating would be extremely difficult to say the least.

What sort of "defeat" are you taking about?

[FirmwareBurner]

What's there to break out of a Windows XP PC without network connectivity?

[glimshe]

XP has vbscript in the command line, giving you more processing power than a standard calculator... Not that people would have time to code, but maybe there could be an advantage to be had. A custom Linux build would be easier to lock down, I think.

[FirmwareBurner]

That's what human proctors/supervisors are there for at exams.

Exams problems are designed to make use of only basic scientific calculator features, I doubt you have the need, or the time, to start sneakily writing VB scripts to try to gain an edge, while the proctors are not looking.

[flanked-evergl]

If someone is using Windows XP in any official capacity in 2023 they should be summarily terminated for gross negligence and sued for damages.

[FirmwareBurner]

It was just an example of how exams that required calculation aids were in my school back in late 2000s.

Feel free to adapt it to modern days but the concept stays the same.