OFAC - Help



		FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS General Must I study all the chapters? What does OFAC stand for? How long do I have access to the course materials? May I print out the course materials? My enrollment period is expired. Can you grant me an extension? If I re-enroll, do I have to take the quizzes over again? Quizzes Why do I have to answer questions at the end of the chapter? How long are test scores kept? What happens to the test history after seven days? What is test history? Why maintain a test history? What is a passing score on the chapter quizzes? What happens if I don't pass the quiz? What happens if I pass the quiz? Troubleshooting I clicked to open chapter study guide and could not use my browser's back button to return to the test? Certification Who issues the certification? What does the certification represent? Payment How can I purchase the course? GENERAL Must I study all the chapters? You can study one, a few or all the chapters. In order to receive the OFAC certification you must study all the chapters and complete the quiz at each chapter's end. Back To Top What does OFAC stand for? OFAC stands for the Ohio Financial Accountability Certification. Back To Top How long do I have access to the course materials? You have access to the course materials for 185 days starting on the date you purchase the course. Back To Top May I print out the course materials? The study materials were developed by the Government Finance Officers Association. GFOA holds a copyright on the materials. GFOA has requested that purchasers of the OFAC program not print copies of what is available on line. We believe that printing these materials would be a violation of the copyright that GFOA holds on them. Back To Top My enrollment period is expired. Can you grant me an extension? We cannot grant enrollment extensions. We agreed to license restrictions with GFOA in order to receive permission to use their guidebooks that restrict the period of availability of the course to 185 days. You may re-enroll for an additional $75 fee and receive another 185 days' access to the material Back To Top If I re-enroll, do I have to take the quizzes over again? No. When you re-enroll, you are granted an additional 185 days access to your enrollment account which includes your test history. Just take the remaining tests and when all tests are completed, an e-mail will be generated to you and us notifying us that you have passed the course. Back To Top QUIZZES Why do I have to answer questions at the end of the chapter? Since we are granting continuing education credit for the study of this material, we need a method of assuring the material has been read and comprehended. Back To Top How long are test scores kept? Test scores are kept for seven days. Back To Top What happens to the test history after seven days? After seven days test history is deleted from our server. Once it is gone it cannot be retrieved. Back To Top What is test history? Test history contains the full text corrected test. Correct and incorrect answers are highlighted and an explanation of the correct answer is given. Back To Top Why maintain a test history? Test history is useful as a study aide. It provides complete copies of corrected tests for you to review. Back To Top What is a passing score on the chapter quizzes? By answering 3 of the 5 questions presented, you will pass the quiz. Back To Top What happens if I don't pass the quiz? You may immediately take the quiz again. You can take as many quizzes as you like during the period which you have access to the material. Back To Top What happens if I pass the quiz? You will recieve a congratulatory e-mail along with notification of continuing education credit earned. Your member profile will be updated with the name of the chapter and the date you passed the quiz. No record of your score will be maintained for longer than seven days from quiz submission. Back To Top TROUBLESHOOTING I clicked to open chapter study guide and could not use my browser's back button to return to the test? When you click to open a chapter study guide, the guide opens in a new browser window. If your browser window is maximized, it will appear to be the only browser window open. Try minimizing the browser window containing the chapter guide. You should then see the window containing the test. Back To Top CERTIFICATION Who issues the certification? The Ohio Financial Accountability Certification is issued by the Ohio Auditor of State. Back To Top What does the certification represent? The Ohio Financial Accountability Certification is a symbol of your interest and commitment to learning fundamental principles of government accounting and finance. Back To Top PAYMENT How can I purchase the course? As of December 15th, 2006, State Auditor Betty Montgomery has made this informational and testing site available for free. For those individuals who paid for this service, the accounts will remain active until all testing materials are completed. Back To Top

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