Does your school require badge checks before an exam?

During exams at my school, we weren't even allowed to bring bags into the classroom.

Yes. In my program you download the exam the night before. When you come to class, you have to check in - showing your badge, your laptop with a privacy screen and the downloaded test. You also have to check out with your confirmation screen and your badge again.

We take all of our tests in the college's testing center. You lock everything except your photo ID in a locker and are escorted to your testing computer by a proctor, who verifies your ID. You sign in, choose your exam, the proctor enters his or her ID, wishes you luck, and the test begins. They monitor you remotely via a camera.

No. They tell us that having a badge is required to take our exams but no one ever wears their badges. I bring my badge just in case in my backpack, but I usually only wear it for lab/clinicals.

We had to have our student ID on the table next to us when we took our exams.

We take our tests at home on our computers, or at school on their computers if you want, so logging into blackboard is our identification. Vast majority of my tests are open book, open note but with NCLEX style questions and a time limit that doesn't make them easy. Some require using the lock down browser so you can't access anything else on you computer while taking the test. My Peds Patho class with require using lock down browser AND a webcam. So I'll either have to buy/borrow a webcam or take this tests on campus. Just printed out my first pharmacology test yesterday, take home test we have a week to complete.

Accelerated program so they don't want to waste class time on tests. Being open book/note allows you to confirm details when you aren't 100% on something but you do not have time to look up all the answers if you aren't prepared. Then there is still the NCLEX style fun of while that answer is right it's not the most correct. Basically sure you could cheat if you really wanted to but what good does that do you? You still have to learn the material to pass the NCLEX. No one cares what your GPA was in nursing school, just that you have RN after your name.