diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/tests/test_pearson.py b/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/tests/test_pearson.py
index 29f9120e98..fd9eb31631 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/tests/test_pearson.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/management/commands/tests/test_pearson.py
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ Created on Jan 17, 2013
 @author: brian
 '''
 import logging
+import os
+from tempfile import mkdtemp
+import cStringIO
+import sys
 
 from django.test import TestCase
-from student.models import User, TestCenterRegistration, TestCenterUser
-# This is stupid!  Because I import a function with the word "test" in the name,
-# the unittest framework tries to run *it* as a test?!  Crazy!
-from student.models import get_tc_registration
 from django.core import management
 
+from student.models import User, TestCenterRegistration, TestCenterUser, get_tc_registration
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -49,7 +51,40 @@ class PearsonTestCase(TestCase):
     '''
     Base class for tests running Pearson-related commands
     '''
+    import_dir = mkdtemp(prefix="import")
+    export_dir = mkdtemp(prefix="export")
+    
+    
+    def tearDown(self):
+        def delete_temp_dir(dirname):
+            if os.path.exists(dirname):
+                for filename in os.listdir(dirname):
+                    os.remove(os.path.join(dirname, filename))
+                os.rmdir(dirname)
+            
+        # clean up after any test data was dumped to temp directory
+        delete_temp_dir(self.import_dir)
+        delete_temp_dir(self.export_dir)
 
+    def test_missing_demographic_fields(self):
+        old_stdout = sys.stdout
+        sys.stdout = cStringIO.StringIO()
+        username = 'baduser'
+        User.objects.create_user(username, '{}@edx.org'.format(username), 'fakepass')
+        options = {}
+               
+        self.assertRaises(BaseException, management.call_command, 'pearson_make_tc_user', username, **options)
+        output_string = sys.stdout.getvalue()
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form errors encountered:') >= 0)
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form Error:  city') >= 0)
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form Error:  first_name') >= 0)
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form Error:  last_name') >= 0)
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form Error:  country') >= 0)
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form Error:  phone_country_code') >= 0)
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form Error:  phone') >= 0)
+        self.assertTrue(output_string.find('Field Form Error:  address_1') >= 0)
+        sys.stdout = old_stdout
+        
     def test_create_good_testcenter_user(self):
         testcenter_user = create_tc_user("test1")
         
@@ -68,10 +103,15 @@ class PearsonTestCase(TestCase):
         accommodation_code = 'NONE'
         testcenter_user = create_tc_user(username)
         registration = create_tc_registration(username, course_id, exam_code, accommodation_code)
-        output_dir = "./tmpOutput"
-        options = { 'destination' : output_dir }
-        with self.settings(PEARSON={ 'LOCAL_EXPORT' : output_dir }):
+        #options = { 'destination' : self.export_dir }
+        options = { '--dest-from-settings' : None }
+        with self.settings(PEARSON={ 'LOCAL_EXPORT' : self.export_dir }):
             management.call_command('pearson_export_cdd', **options)
+            print 'Files found: {}'.format(os.listdir(self.export_dir))
+            self.assertEquals(len(os.listdir(self.export_dir)), 1, "Expect cdd file to be created")
             management.call_command('pearson_export_ead', **options)
+            print 'Files found: {}'.format(os.listdir(self.export_dir))
+            self.assertEquals(len(os.listdir(self.export_dir)), 2, "Expect ead file to also be created")
+
         # TODO: check that files were output....