Interim Study Guide - BJCP

Exam AdministrationExam administrators must be approved by an Exam Director. The administrator receives two nonjudgingexperience points and ten GMSR credits per exam, regardless of the number of exam takers.This system was revised in 2005 as part of the implementation of new GMSR rules. The administratormay not proctor the exam, unless the administrator has no knowledge of the exam beers being served.One person may not receive both administrator and proctor points for the same exam.A minimum of two proctors is required for the exam, but the BJCP allows up to three proctors to beused. Each proctor, who serves as an independent taster of the exam beers, receives one judging pointfor completing detailed scoresheets. The proctors are to evaluate the beers with only the sameinformation that is given the examinees — namely the style in question. They are not to consult andresolve scoring discrepancies. The proctors should be informed that their scoresheets will be evaluatedby the graders and director for quality, and points may not be awarded if the proctors’ work issubstandard. Similarly, some or all of the administrator's points may not be awarded if it is apparent thatthese instructions were not followed, or the exams are not received within ten days of the exam date.The exam administrator is responsible for making a copy of all examinations before sending the originalsto the Exam Director. These copies should be retained until the exam administrator has heard from theExam Director that the originals have been properly received. Once the Exam Director has received theoriginals, the exam administrator should provide a copy of each examinee’s individual exam to them.This is the only copy that will be made available to the examinees; the BJCP will not be returning theoriginals after the grading process has completed. The returning of the exams in this manner is aprovisional policy—the Exam Directors will be monitoring the rate of protested examination results andif rate increases, it may be necessary to revoke the policy of returning exams due to the increasedgrading load imposed by protested results.BJCP AdministrationThe Beer Judge Certification Program is governed by a Committee consisting of seven electedrepresentatives of seven regions of North America. This board manages BJCP policy and bylaws.Communication with BJCP members is handled by the Communication Director, who also handlesoutside communications. He may be reached by e-mail at communication_director@bjcp.org.Complete contact information for all BJCP officers and directors can be found on the BJCP website inthe Administration Center at http://www.bjcp.org/officers.php.There are three exam directors responsible for administering the BJCP Exam Program, includingmanaging scheduling, grading and review of BJCP exams. The BJCP Beer Exam and the BJCP MeadExam are both administered by the BJCP Exam Directorate. There is no separate organizationalstructure for managing the Mead Exam. The process for scheduling an exam is the same for beer examsand mead exams. The BJCP Exam Directors approve exam sites, administrators and proctors, assigngraders, review results, and enforce exam policies.To schedule an exam, please send an e-mail message to exam_director@bjcp.org. A list of scheduledexams can always be found on the BJCP web site in the Exam Center. The approved exam schedule ison the web at http://www.bjcp.org/exams.php.9