How to cheat on exam

Warning: Only use these methods at your own risk. Teachers and examiners have intelligent ways to detect cheating and students are known to have been suspended from school using these methods. Cheating is not an answer to lack of studying.

Cheating is dishonest, just like stealing and lying. If you cheat, you must be prepared to accept the consequences of cheating. It's a risk, and if you get caught, take full responsibility for your actions. With that being said, here are dozens of ways that people cheat.

Steps

Pick your cheating method. Some of the more common techniques involve:
Read any of the detailed methods below and pick the technique that will work best for your situation.

Morse Code

Tap out the answers in Morse Code. The teacher will probably not know the code and will assume that your tapping is just a nervous tic.
- This method only works if you and your co-conspirator know Morse Code.

Last Minute Cheat Methods

If there is a student next to you who does well in school, simply ask them for the answers. It sounds simple but if you do it right it could work! Ask someone who you know is smart and doesn't hate you or anything like that. Promise them something like a mint, a stick of gum, money, or anything else you might have that they might want.
This one isn't really cheating, but can help you find the answers you need. Look up on walls and ask your teacher for help.
Pretend to work and then say at the end of class that you did not have time to finish. Be sure to write down the questions you are having trouble with on a piece of paper. Then go home, write down the answers on another piece of paper, and bring that paper to school the next day.

Looking Method

Try to peek at a classmate's test. This is the simplest trick in the book. But try not to be too obvious. Pretend you are cracking your neck or something like that.

Ideogram Method

Develop ideograms to represent words.
Doodle something to represent a word for a test and nobody would think twice about it. Example The name Friedrich Nietzsche would translate into:
- a doodle of Fred Flintstone (Fred); A bag of money (rich); a ball of yarn with needle (knit as in Niet); a yin-yang chi symbol (chi).
- Those symbols would translate to: (Fred)(rich)(knit)(chi).

Buy the Instructor's Edition

If your teacher uses photocopied tests from a textbook, obtain the book title. These can be purchased online for $15-30.
Ensure that the textbook actually contains the test before purchase.
Perfect scores can be obtained on tests, quizzes, homework and classwork as well.
Simply memorize the answers to the test in question.
Solution manuals can also be obtained in the same manner, though with a higher degree of difficulty.
This material can also be used as learning aids, and describe detailed problem solving methods.
This may be expensive, so get friends to chip in but don't leak the information.
Keep at a secret location.
Then whenever a test looms, have him/her copy the necessary pages and distribute them to the group. You will need a credit card to make the purchase though, so bribe an older brother or cousin.

Scantron Method

When taking a scantron test, fill in multiple options when in doubt. These tests are graded by a machine and there's a chance the machine will pick up the correct answer.
If the machine doesn't select the correct answer, simply erase the incorrect choice later when going over the test in class.
- This works more with gullible teachers; some have been able to fool teachers many times with this method. However, do not do this on every test as your teacher will catch on eventually.

Change Your Answers Method Part 1

Only complete the questions you know.
Pretend to turn in the test. Make sure no one, including the teacher, sees you.
Wait a few seconds, and then take out a textbook or notes that you need for the questions you don't know.
Pretend like you are just skimming through your textbook. But in reality you are really looking up answers to the questions you don't know.
Using your notes to help you, fill in the answers you don't know.
When either your teacher leaves the room or is not looking at you or the box, turn in the test for real.

Change Your Answers Method Part 2

Make sure you are the last one to put a test in the box.
Ask a friend who isn't a teacher's pet what they put for questions you are unsure about.
If you realize that you put a wrong answer down, grab your test from the box when the teacher is not looking.
Change your answers and replace your test.

Toilet Tank Method

Go to the toilet, and choose a specific stall. One that you're sure you'll remember.
Go inside, lock the door, and open the top for the toilet tank. Usually, the water level doesn't fill the tank all the way, so use that dry space to tape your notes to.
Ask to go to the bathroom during the exam, after you've finished doing all the questions you know. If you're not allowed, accept it. Someone can escort you to the bathroom if needed.
Go into the stall you chose, lock the door, and take a look at the notes. Try not to make much noise if there are other people in the bathroom.
Flush when you're done, to make it sound real, and go back and write down the rest of the test.
Go back to the stall after the exam to destroy the evidence.

Asian Language Method

Do you know an Asian language such as Japanese, Korean or Chinese? If so, this is the technique for you! Note: This works best if you are not Asian yourself. You must prepare for this the night before the exam.

Figure out what you want to write down in English.
Once you have decided what to write, take a pen and write your notes on the back of your hand in your Asian language if you are writing Japanese but are only familiar with katakana, then write in English, (e.g. "conclusion" becomes "konkurushon" [コンクルシシン].). Try to be creative and make it look like the characters are just decoration.
Go to the bathroom and rub the pen off a little - but make sure you can still read it!
Check later on in the evening that you can still understand your writing.
On the day of the test, wear long sleeves so that it is not too obvious you have writing on your hand.
Another thing to do is write the information in an Asian language on your hand, leg, etc. Do it a few days before the exam so your teacher doesn't get too suspicious. And for goodness sakes, make sure your notes look like a real tattoo. Afterward you can keep it for another few days after the exam has past before you remove it (so you won't be suspicious if you have rubbed it out just after the exam day).
Days before the test, make a sheet of answers and each day write the answers on the desk on your Asian language, make not that big and make sure you can read it on the day of the test. Make sure you don't overdo it just add some drawings to it like a doodle (to make it undetectable) This may not work at all times!
- Make sure other desks have stuff written on them, so it would look normal and not out of place.

Foot Signal Method

Find a smarter classmate who will let you cheat from him/her. Agree on some foot signals beforehand. For example:
- One quiet step of a foot means A or 1
- Two steps means B or 2
- Tapping your feet using your toes means by 10, and tapping your feet using your sides means by 5.

The "I'll Finish It Tomorrow" Method

Complete all the questions you know. Write down the questions you don't know on a piece of paper and slip it into your pocket.
Tell your teacher you didn't finish the test. If he/she tells you to come back during study time or lunch, all you have to do is "forget."
Bring your paper home, and look up the answers, and write your answer down.
The next day, when you get the chance to finish the test, pull out your paper. Revise the answers as necessary, and write them down.

Lunch Tray Method

Do the "I'll finish it tomorrow" method (as above).
Convince your teacher that you could finish your test at lunch.
Come in at lunch and ask your teacher if you could eat lunch in the classroom. If you cannot, then this will not work.
Bring your lunch in a lunch tray. If your lunch tray is box - you can fold your answers and slip them inside the tray in a position where your teacher can't see. If you have a flat lunch tray, then you must place your answers behind something, or bring a piece of tape and tape it to the back of your milk or juice carton, if you have one.

Lanyard Method

Start wearing a lanyard to school a few days before the test.
The day before the test, write some notes on a slip of paper that can be blocked by the other things on the lanyard. Then, add it to the lanyard in between a few things. Since it's thin, it's likely no one will notice it being there.
During the test, when you need an answer, start playing with it and peek at your notes. #*Don't do this very often during the test, and if you sit in the front of the classroom, you may need to ask to go to the bathroom to look over them.
When you're done, flush the piece of paper down the toilet to destroy any evidence. For good measure, you might want to continue wearing the lanyard afterward, and you can keep using it for tests.

The Klutz Method Cheat

Sit next to friend while taking the test.
Have your friend "accidentally" drop their paper.
Pick up the paper slowly and look at the answers while giving it back.

Wallet Method Cheat

Write some notes on a paper that's green and shaped like a dollar.
Get a wallet (with real money, of course!) and put your "money" inside.
Bring your wallet to school and put it out in front of you.
If the teacher asks why you have a wallet out, say you want to make sure nobody steals it.
When your teacher returns to his/her desk, pull out the money and notes.
Start cheating!