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Exam Fee
$50 Exam Registration Fee
Examination Details
Exam Availability
The exam will be accessible from Sunday, January 12 at 12:00a.m. EST through Monday, January 13 at 11:59p.m. EST.
Course Duration
The course is expected to take approximately 3 hours to complete. We recommend starting the course when you have sufficient time to finish it in one sitting.
Exam Info
The exam will take place online. It will include Individual (RGI) Levels 3-5, Synchronized Level 4 Group, and Beginner Group. Below is an outline of the routines that will be evaluated in the exam:
RGI Difficulty (10 routines)
Level 4 – 2 Rope, 2 Hoop
Level 5 – 2 Ball, 2 Clubs, 2 Ribbon
RGI Execution (10 routines)
Level 4 – 2 Rope, 2 Hoop
Level 5 – 2 Ball, 2 Clubs, 2 Ribbon
RGG Difficulty (4 Routines)
Level 4 Synchronized – 2 Floor
Beginner Group – 2 Hoop
RGG Execution (4 Routines)
Level 4 Synchronized – 2 Floor
Beginner Group – 2 Hoop
Course Registration
Click the button below to register for the Rhythmic Level 3-5 & Beginner Group Judges Exam. You must be logged in order to register (Username and personal password—which you created). If you are a non-member or haven't created a username and password, click here.
Additional Notes
Exam Type
All Development Program Judging Exams for 2025 will include practical (video) examination and multiple choice questions.
Click here to view all practical (video) exam questions for Level 4-5 & Beginner Group.
Technical Details
All examinees should take the exam on a laptop/computer. Phones and tablets should not be used to take the exam.
The Chrome browser is recommended for best user experience.
A wired internet connection is recommended, if possible.
An internet connection of at least 25mbps should be used during the exam. You can check your internet speed at fast.com
Go to the exam registration page and click the red button to begin at the exam start time.
Time Calculations
Judges will have a 48-hour window to complete the exam
Judges will be in control of pressing the "play" button for each routine and advancing the slides to the next routine.
It will not be possible to pause or rewind routines.
All difficulty routines will play one time. All execution routines will be played two times.
You will have 2 minutes after each routine to review your notes and input your answers in the online portal.
Once a judge has submitted answers, she/he may click to move on to the next routine. If the time to submit answers on a routine runs out, the exam will automatically prompt the judge to move on to the next exercise, recording any answers already given.
The exam portal will open at 12:00am on January 12 and close at 11:59pm on January 13.
Question Types
There will be 15 simple multiple choice questions for level 3 and level 4. These should be easy to answer for anyone who has read the text. One minute per question is allotted for 15 minutes total on this section. It is an open book exam.
Questions for all video (practical) exam questions will be presented textually. For example, the exam will ask, "What is the value of the 1st (first) DB?". The judge will have buttons that they can select 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc.
It will not be required to type any information in for the exam questions. For all questions, judges will click the box of the correct answer, like a multiple choice exam.
There will be only one correct answer for each question. In the case that there was a discrepancy in control scores for a question, the question/element will be valued 0 points, however, the judge will still put in their score as a requirement of the texting system.
Exam Integrity
Judges must work independently and refrain from collaborating with others during the exam.
Once a judge submits her/his score (or time runs out and the test moves on), it will not be possible to return to previous routines to change answers.
Results
Results will be emailed to participants within one week from the exam completion.
Exam Creation & Grading Process
The control scores for each component of the exam have been independently assessed by members of the Development Program Committee (DVPC) who are certified DVP and Brevet judges and an exam coordinator appointed by USA Gymnastics, also a certified DVP and Brevet judge and liason with the USA Gymnastics Education Department:
Olga Kutuzova : Rhythmic Judges Representative, DVPC Member
Nataliya Kozitskaya: DVPC Member
Jayme Riggleman (Vincent) – DVP Exam Coordinator
Additionally, any elements that were determined to be difficult to see, due to the video angle or where there was a discrepancy in control scores for a question, the question/element will be valued 0 points. However, the judge will still put in a score as a requirement of the exam system. Answers to these questions will not affect grades.
In any case where the apparatus goes out of the top of the screen on a throw, it is to be assumed that the apparatus was thrown high enough to meet the height requirement of the element in question.
