Cheating Detection in Online Exam: A Comprehensive Survey

Due to COVID-19, many educational institutes throughout the world shifted their means of teaching from offline to online. Online examination became more challenging while testing the academic skills or depth of knowledge of a student. The alarming situation ascends when a student practices unfair means during an online exam. In this paper, a survey is carried out based on recent research works where initially the reason behind cheating in exams is analyzed. Subsequently, detection measures for cheating during and after exams have also been discussed. Finally, various prevention measures for cheating have been studied to identify new research challenges in this field.