Every student knows it can be difficult to cheat on tests.
Instructors take precautions because of the temptation for those who don't know the material to cheat. The precautions, however, may not be all that effective. Hundreds of students have gotten away with cheating, said prosecutors who are charging a California man with operating a scam that let students beat college entrance exams. Kobayashi's alleged scheme - while you wait to take the test in California, he hires a person to take the same test in New York. With the three-hour time difference, that person calls Kobayashi in California and gives answers that are then coded onto the pencil you will take your test with.