In an attempt to assist proctors to prevent test takers from
academic dishonesty in remotely administrated exams, this
study investigated the ability of test takers’ behaviors during
online assessments to predict their cheating decisions.
Specifically, this experimental study focused on the role of
students’ time delay and certainty rating during lab based
online testing sessions. The analysis of hierarchical logistic
regression indicated that not only time delay but also certainty
rating had significantly statistical relation to test takers’
cheating decisions. The importance of the two proposed
factors during online assessments was discussed and the
prospects of the improvements of online proctoring systems
were addressed.