If you have made airline reservations and are subsequently ineligible to take the examination, you may incur a penalty to return your tickets. The receipt of your Examination Admission Pass ensures that all required information has been verified and that indeed you are being invited to the exams. You can then make flight arrangements without further concern. The written examination contains several short answer formats, including multiple choice. Oral examination questions may require evaluation of imaging studies, laboratory reports or other studies relevant to the particular case.
Exam results are confidential.
The board has no way to verify a candidate's identity by phone, nor can it fax the results in a confidential manner. Often the US mail is so busy on their route, they will allow anyone to sign for the envelope. A second problem is that they often do not leave a notice indicating they attempted to make delivery but could not. I just paid for and passed my exams. The examination fees are structured to cover the costs of application processing, examination committee activity, case documentation review and examination administration.