Revealed! The college entrance examination papers were printed in prison? What did they go through to get to you?

Experts in this article:

Yang Chao, PhD in Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Pingfan Wang, PhD in Computer Science and Technology, Northumbria University, UK

Today is the first day of the college entrance examination

Best wishes to all candidates for success!

About the College Entrance Examination

The first thing that comes to mind is the confidentiality of the exam papers.

It is classified as "top secret"

This is also for the fairness and justice of the majority of candidates.

Previously

China Post published a

Video of "Encountering the escort of college entrance examination papers on the highway"

Attracting attention from netizens

Source: CCTV.com

This makes people curious

Before the college entrance examination papers reach the candidates

What kind of process is required?

Will the college entrance examination papers be printed in prison?

Why do you have to use 2B pencil to fill in the answer sheet?

The answer will be revealed soon!

What happens before the college entrance examination papers reach the hands of the candidates?

You may not be able to imagine what a college entrance examination paper goes through before it appears in front of the candidates. It can generally be divided into four links: setting questions, printing, storage, and transportation. The confidentiality management of these is the responsibility of the examination confidentiality work leading group.

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Questioning

2-3 months before the college entrance examination, the test setters will be selected by the department organizing the college entrance examination and brought to a closed environment that is both safe and comfortable. This process is called "entering the examination hall."

The first thing to do when arriving at the test setting place is not to immediately set the college entrance examination questions, but to conduct a comprehensive review of the test setters, strengthen confidentiality education, and implement strict confidentiality management in all aspects of the test setting work. The test setters not only have to rack their brains in the process of setting questions, but also have to compare the college entrance examination questions with the exercises in the exercise books on the market after setting the questions to see if there are any duplicate questions.

When will the person who wrote the questions for the college entrance examination be released? He will be released only after the college entrance examination is over.

Printing

After the college entrance examination questions have been confirmed by the question-setting group and the review group many times to have no problems, they are then put into printing.

The units that can print the college entrance examination papers are all units that have been issued a qualification jointly by the Ministry of Education and the State Security Bureau - Class A national secret carrier printing qualification. These units are generally completely closed one month before the college entrance examination. Each workshop is equipped with a complete access control, monitoring, and anti-theft system. Not only are there security personnel on duty 24 hours a day, but even the sewers are equipped with protective nets.

The workers who come into direct contact with the test papers will also be put under closed management, with the same strictness as the test setters. To prevent missing questions, all the garbage they produce must be crushed before being transported out of the printing unit. Similarly, they will not be released until after the college entrance examination is over.

Storage

Where to store the printed college entrance examination papers is also a key issue. Within a week before the college entrance examination, the college entrance examination papers will be transported to the examination paper confidentiality rooms of various provinces. The confidentiality room must be above the second floor, with a steel-concrete or brick-concrete wall structure. At the same time, the room must be a suite, with staff on duty in the outer room and the inner room used to store the examination papers, so that it can play a role in waterproofing, fire prevention and theft prevention.

Delivery

This link includes transporting the test paper from the printing unit to the confidentiality room, and from the confidentiality room to the examination room. After the test paper is printed, it will be transported to the confidentiality rooms in various places by escort vehicles or trains with independent soft sleeper compartments. The escort process is of course very strict and is monitored every second!

Are the college entrance examination papers really printed in prison?

Are some college entrance examination papers really printed in prison? Of course it is possible!

In the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Confidentiality Management of the National Unified Examination", it is stated that "prison printing factories that have been reviewed and meet the confidentiality requirements for printing examination papers can be issued a "National Secret Carrier Reproduction License" with a limited scope of permission. As long as the conditions for confidentiality are met, prisons can print college entrance examination papers!

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Prisons have well-enclosed environments with limited communications, and the printing of test papers requires a large number of personnel and venues, so prisons become a "uniquely advantageous" place for printing test papers.

However, not all prisoners can participate in the printing of test papers, and prisoners who have access to test papers must also receive confidentiality training.

How are the college entrance examination papers escorted?

From setting questions, production, transportation, to final destruction, every step of the college entrance examination papers will undergo strict review, especially the transportation link. Since the printing factory that produces and prints the test papers is far away from the test site, transportation by public transportation becomes a must. Therefore, the transportation link will be relatively full of randomness.

After the college entrance examination papers are packed, they will be escorted by a special service team, which includes staff from the examination center, local public security and armed police, and vehicles specially responsible for transportation. This is much more secure than a money transporter, whose security personnel are generally responsible for the security company, that is, the behavior of a commercial company. But the college entrance examination papers are different. If classified by confidentiality level, they belong to the highest level of "top secret", which is why the armed police are involved.

Before the convoy sets out, its itinerary has been planned in advance, and there are cameras everywhere inside and outside the vehicles. All transport vehicles are in a huge Internet of Things, which contains all kinds of sensors and information transmission equipment. Among them, the on-board GPS device of each vehicle will transmit its position in real time, and the video with almost no blind spots will be transmitted to the command center in real time through the wireless network.

It can be said that on the control console of the command center, you can see the location information and video information of any vehicle, and you can also contact any vehicle at any time.

Source: CCTV.com

GPS and video surveillance act like double insurance. GPS data can ensure that the vehicle is driving along the established route, and can respond immediately in case of deviation. Video surveillance also plays the same role. At the same time, the well-preserved surveillance video can also be used for playback to avoid neglecting important parts.

In addition to these two main monitoring methods, there are also some traditional security methods, such as signal shielding devices, infrared alarm lights, 110 networked alarm devices, etc.

Why do you have to use 2B pencil to fill in the answer sheet?

It is more convenient to use a pencil to fill in the answer sheet. If you make a mistake, just use an eraser to erase it.

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But why must we use 2B pencils? Can't we use HB pencils?

Compared with HB pencils, 2B pencils are softer, coarser and darker. Initially, answer sheet readers used a transmission reading method to identify answer sheets. When the light source shines on the paper, the light intensity received by the photosensitive original is different, so the blackened position is identified, which has a certain impact on the accuracy of recognition. Therefore, a darker 2B pencil must be used to fill in the card.

However, cursor readers are now used to identify answer sheets using optical scanning. The light reflected by the blackened part is quite different from that reflected by the unblackened part, and is recognized by the sensor that captures the light. 3-4 answer sheets can be recognized per second, which not only improves the accuracy of recognition but also improves the efficiency of recognition. However, it is more appropriate to use 2B pencils to answer questions during the exam.

Reminder to all candidates:

The answer sheet should be filled in black.

Don’t apply lightly;

Paint the card inside the grid.

Don’t apply it outside;

If you modify it, be sure to wipe it clean!

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