Prepare or proctor examinations.

“Prepare or proctor examinations.” is a core task performed by Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#7 most important). About 79% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.004% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 41% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.6 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 95% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Teach undergraduate-level courses. · importance 4.6
• Evaluate and grade examinations, assignments, or papers, and record grades. · importance 4.6
• Lead discussion sections, tutorials, or laboratory sections. · importance 4.3
• Develop teaching materials, such as syllabi, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, or course Web sites. · importance 4.2
• Inform students of the procedures for completing and submitting class work, such as lab reports. · importance 4.1
• Return assignments to students in accordance with established deadlines. · importance 4.0
• Tutor or mentor students who need additional instruction. · importance 3.9
• Complete laboratory projects prior to assigning them to students so that any needed modifications can be made. · importance 3.8
• Demonstrate use of laboratory equipment and enforce laboratory rules. · importance 3.8
• Provide assistance to faculty members or staff with laboratory or field research. · importance 3.8
• Meet with supervisors to discuss students' grades or to complete required grade-related paperwork. · importance 3.7
• Schedule and maintain regular office hours to meet with students. · importance 3.7
• Order or obtain materials needed for classes. · importance 3.4
• Attend lectures given by the supervising instructor. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-10960,
  title  = {Prepare or proctor examinations.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-10960}
}