With Common Admission Test (CAT), 2010, just five days away, Prometric India, the official organisers of the online CAT is trying to keep all possible security measure handy to ensure smooth functioning of the test.

All the 10 test centres in the city have been cordoned off as a final security measure. Prometric India has already deployed adequate number of security personnel to man the centres.

The test venues are on high alert so that no external factors will interfere with the preparation works. Only certified employees of Prometric India are allowed inside the centres.

Most of the test centres in the city are educational institutions, and all the students, teachers and employees of these centres are barred from entering the campus. As a precautionary step, Prometric would install only licensed versions of software tools. According to sources, it has been reported that investigating team had found out that the technical glitches that occurred during last year’s test were mainly because of unlicensed software and anti-virus tools. Several of them were past their expiry dates. This time team Prometric will make sure that only licensed versions of softwares and anti-virus programmes are used for the CAT 2010.

Prometric has prepared more than 240 labs in 78 test centres in 33 cities across the country. Over 9000 computers will be used to conduct CAT 2010.