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AI Overlay for Examplify by ExamSoft - Bar and Medical Boards on Mac

Updated October 2026 · 3 min read · Tested with LockDown Browser v2.1.6.01

Examplify is the native macOS desktop app from ExamSoft used to deliver almost every US state bar exam, NBME shelf exams, NCLEX-RN, the NAPLEX, and the ARE architecture boards. Unlike browser-extension proctoring tools, it runs as a signed kiosk binary outside any browser context.

ExamSoft is owned by Turnitin and Examplify is its flagship secure-exam client. The Mac build is a notarized Cocoa app that requests Camera, Microphone, and Screen Recording entitlements through standard TCC prompts. When ExamMonitor (the optional remote-proctoring add-on) is active, the app captures the display through ScreenCaptureKit on macOS 12.3 and newer and falls back to CGDisplayStream on older systems, then captures the webcam through AVCaptureSession.

Examplify mock exams sometimes enumerate running processes. Fracture ships with a randomized bundle ID and a benign display name per build.

Yes, ExamMonitor records ambient audio for second-voice detection. The overlay is silent.

For in-room exams a human proctor is physically present. The overlay is invisible to software but visible to a person standing behind you.

No. ExamSoft removed kernel-extension dependencies years ago to comply with Apple notarization rules.

The Safe macOS Solution

Need reference access during your exam?

Fracture runs a native floating overlay that sets the macOS window privacy flag. It is 100% excluded from screen capture feeds, window lists, and proctor recordings.

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