AI product readSecure locked-down browser environment for taking PSI online proctored exams
Enables secure, monitored online exam delivery by restricting browser capabilities (tab creation, window creation, extension enabling), capturing desktop/webcam/microphone, and providing real-time proctor communication during test sessions
User installs the extension, then launches a PSI proctored exam session. The extension activates a secure check-in flow: (1) system hardware/software check, (2) identity verification with ID photo, (3) agreements acceptance, (4) camera/microphone permission, (5) start test. During the exam, the extension locks down the browser (no new tabs/windows/extensions), streams webcam/screen to proctor, provides live chat with proctor, and supports break requests. After exam completion, the extension auto-closes.
Locked-down browser environment preventing new tabs, windows, and extensions during examsDesktop/screen capture and webcam/microphone access for proctoring monitoringLive chat with proctor during exam sessionIdentity verification and check-in flow (ID confirmation, photo match)Break request system with proctor approvalBuilt-in whiteboard/notepad tool
- Target users
- Test-takers using PSI's online proctored examination platform / Candidates for professional certification exams, licensure tests, and other remotely proctored assessments
- The background worker and UI JS files are heavily minified, limiting ability to trace exact authentication flow logic
- Cannot fully determine if the OAuth2 flow authenticates the test-taker directly or uses service-to-service tokens after the user authenticates on PSI's website
- The externally_connectable localhost:50161 pattern suggests integration with a local PSI application, but the local app's role is unclear
MonetizationNo paid features detected
No evidence of paid features, subscriptions, premium tiers, or in-app purchases within the extension. All keyword hits for 'checkout' refer to exam completion (e.g., 'This test is completed. PSI Chrome Extension will auto-close in {{countdown}}'), not e-commerce payments. All 'pro' matches are fragments of 'proctor' terminology. No billing, Stripe, payment platform, upgrade, or premium feature references found anywhere in the source. PSI's exam scheduling is a separate business service, not gated within this extension.
- Confidence
- 90
- Payment platform
- --
- Source
- AI / High
- Login required
- Yes
- Reason
- The extension requires users to have a scheduled exam through PSI's platform. It communicates with PSI's OAuth2 authentication endpoints (hydra.bridge.psiexams.com/oauth2/auth, /oauth2/token) and auth token services (mps.bridge.psiexams.com/api/auth/token). The check-in flow includes identity verification (ID confirmation, photo match, reservation match). The extension itself has no login UI; authentication occurs on PSI's exam platform, and the extension operates as a secured proctoring environment once the exam session is initiated.
It's worth going 100+ miles to a proctoring center if you need to. The chat function wasn't working the first two attempts so they just booted me out, and after getting "everything" resolved with my sponsor and PSI it had already been an hour and a half. This was such a hassle, by the time I was aloud to start my test the exam window was already closed so it wouldn't even let me take the test after going through the proctor setup. Hoping to hear back about a reschedule or a refund.
Would NEVER like to use this extension again. I was over half an hour late to my exam because instructions for this extension were very unclear. I had to call Support (they were very helpful btw). Shouldn't have been a problem in the first place. Apparently, my proctor was trying to give me instructions for the exam but the LiveChat bar never showed up until I chose to close and re-open the browser again. Then, I had to do the whole identification process again which just took up more of my exam time. The LiveChat bar at the top constantly covers parts of the questions which was very annoying trying to read through
worst of the worst, wasted so many peoples time and money
Exam started @ 3p could not take for technical difficulties. Hope I can reschedule exam
The worst program for testing RIDICULOUS
Made the CPU on my laptop go to 100% and made the whole computer extremly sluggish.