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1.He has a duty of an exam supervisor.

2.He has a duty of an exam superintendent.

Which word is suitable for exam, supervisor or superintendent?

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  • As an aside, "He has a duty of a" isn't quite the correct use of articles. Because it's a specific duty, it would sound more fluent to say "He has the duty", and duty usually refers to an action, like "being exam supervisor": He has the duty of being exam supervisor.
    – stangdon
    Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 12:04
  • These would be considered functional titles in an organization, therefore either one could be correct. In reality, "superintendent" is more likely an upper manager, and probably not responsible for supervising exams.
    – user3169
    Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 23:26

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You can use "exam supervisor" but "exam superintendent" is not so good. Superintendent is someone who has a high post in police department or in an organization. It is also used to refer to caretaker of a building. So it is not appropriate to refer to a teacher or someone like that who comes to see the students in exam.

You can also refer to such a person as "invigilator".

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  • invigilator is virtually unknown in the US; cisAtlantically we tend to use 'proctor'.
    – StoneyB on hiatus
    Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 13:22

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