Essentially every standard course test given at the Testing Center has a period where it costs you nothing to take the test.
Some instructors give you the option of taking the test beyond the standard period. That is known as taking the test late.
If you wish to take the test late, you pay the fee. If you don’t want to pay the fee, take the test when there is no fee.
Problem solved.
If you have to pay the fee you have made a choice to do so.
Bryan Peterson
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