Marine Corps Institute Random On-Line Exams

1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES THE MARINE CORPS 
INSTITUTE 'S (MCI) RANDOM ON-LINE EXAM (ROLE) APPLICATIONS 
EXPANSION TO ALL ACTIVE COURSES.
2. SITUATION: 
A. THE ROLE APPLICATION IS THE LATEST VERSION OF ON-LINE 
TESTING FOR MCI COURSES. MARINES WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE EXAMS 
FOR MCI COURSES ON -LINE USING THEIR UNIT'S COMMAND UNIT 
VERIFICATION REPORT (COMMAND UVR) ACCOUNT. EACH EXAM WILL BE 
UNIQUELY GENERATED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL MARINE. ROLE ENABLES MCI 
TO PRESERVE THE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY OF COURSES WHILE INCREASING 
THEIR ACADEMIC VIGOR. ROLE PROVIDES MARINES WITH INSTANT EXAM 
RESULTS, COMPLETION CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE FOR PRINTING WITHIN 
15 MINUTES, AND AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES A MARINE'S MCTFS SCREEN 
WITHIN 24 HOURS.
3. MISSION: 
A. ALL UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO THE WEB-BASED COMMAND 
UVR APPLICATION, PER MARADMIN 341/05. 
B. THE ROLE APPLICATION IS NOW THE PRIMARY METHOD OF TESTING FOR 
MCI COURSES. MARINES SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR EXAMS VIA ROLE WHENEVER 
POSSIBLE.
C. UNIT TRAINING PERSONNEL MAY CONTINUE TO SUBMIT COMPLETED MCI 
PAPER -BASED COURSE EXAM ANSWER SHEETS VIA MAIL. SCANNED ELECTRONIC 
DOCUMENT EMAIL ATTACHMENTS AND FAXES ARE AUTHORIZED FOR DEPLOYED 
UNITS AND SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES UPON REQUEST. IF FAX OR EMAIL MEANS 
ARE USED, CONTACT MCI BEFOREHAND TO PROVIDE POINT OF CONTACT 
INFORMATION.
4. EXECUTION: 
A. EFFECTIVE 11 FEBRUARY 2007 ROLE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL ACTIVE 
MCI COURSES VIA COMMAND UVR. FROM THIS DATE, MARINES DESIRING TO 
TAKE AN EXAM ONLINE WILL BE REQUIRED TO USE THE ROLE APPLICATION.
COMMAND UVR ACCOUNT HOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER ROLES TO THEIR 
MARINES BY LOGGING IN VIA WWW.MCI.USMC.MIL/COMMANDUVR. UNITS WITHOUT 
ACTIVE COMMAND UVR ACCOUNTS MAY APPLY FOR AN ACCOUNT AT THE SAME 
WEBSITE. UNIT TRAINING PERSONNEL WILL THEN BE ABLE TO TEST MARINES VIA
THE ROLE PROGRAM.
B. MARINES WHO TAKE A SPECIFIC TEST THROUGH ROLE WILL BE REQUIRED TO 
RETEST THROUGH ROLE, SHOULD THEY FAIL THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT. MARINES WHO 
USE THE PAPER-BASED COURSE EXAM PROVIDED WITH THEIR COURSE WILL BE 
REQUIRED TO RETEST ON AN ALTERNATE PAPER EXAM THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO 
THEM BY MCI. 
MARINES WHO FAIL ON ROLE SHOULD NOT TAKE THE PAPER EXAM SENT WITH THEIR 
COURSE AS A RETEST. MCI WILL NOT GRADE THESE EXAMS.
C. MARINES WHO HAVE BEGUN ENTERING A TRADITIONAL DIGITAL EXAM THROUGH 
COMMAND UVR PRIOR TO THE ROLE ACTIVATION DATE OF 11 FEBRUARY 2007 WILL 
HAVE UNTIL 11 MARCH 2007 TO COMPLETE THAT EXAM.
5. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS: 
A. REFER MCI COURSE ENROLLMENT AND EXAM QUESTIONS TO MCI'S STUDENT 
SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES AT 800-MCI-USMC OR THE PME HELP DESK AT 202
-685-7622(DSN: 325). 
B. REFER QUESTIONS TO CAPT BLAIR, OPERATIONS-MCI, DSN
325-7478 OR COMM (202) 685-7478.