Hello KodeKloud Community,
I’ve registered for my CKA exam next week, and I have a question regarding my current setup, I have an external monitor on my desk infront of me without webcam and beside it is my laptop which is opened, connected to monitor through HDMI and it has a webcam, my question is that I want to use my external monitor but I don’t have an external camera, so can I turn my laptop screen off and just use its camera? (Change from extended mode to Second screen only). Note that the laptop is on the side so I won’t be facing directly to the camera because I will be working on my external monitor which is infront of me.
I hope I clarified what is my question and doubt. Best!
If you can borrow an external webcam with a long lead, it will be easiest to get through what the proctor will ask you to do to verify you’re in a proper setting for taking the exam. The proctor will ask you to pan over the entire room, ceiling to floor, to make sure you don’t have anything hidden that would be unfair (say, somebody who could whisper out answers to you, a magic tech support monkey, who knows what they look for). This might be hard to do with a laptop that is tethered via an HDMI cable to your monitor.
It also depends whether you’re using a windows or a macintosh laptop, since if it’s a Mac, I don’t think you’d be able to use the webcam and the external monitor while using the Mac clamshelled, as you’d need to do. I have never taken an LF exam with a Windows laptop, so you’d need to check with someone who has to tell you if you could manage this in the configuration you describe.
You might want to look at our Community FAQ, which has a lot of useful info as to what you can and can’t do during the exam. If that isn’t clear, I can beckon some of my Windows-using colleagues and they can give you their ideas on this.
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Thank you for replying!
I am in fact using a windows laptop, as for moving the camera, I could move the laptop.
The main question that is a bit tricky is that the camera won’t be infront of me, it will be on the left side of the desk, is that ok?
If you can scan the entire room, floor to ceiling, and around and under your desk, then you can do it with the laptop camera. But I think you’ll find an external webcam easier to manage, nonetheless.
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