Four ABSOLUTELY MUST-HAVES for the exam

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I should hope by now that everybody taking the exam has read the policies and procedures. However, I know that there are some out there who didn’t. And there are some who will read this and will still mess it up. But hey–at lieast I tried.
When you arrive at the test center, there are four things that you ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE in order to take and pass the test. They are (in no particular order):
  • Your exam ticket - printed on clean, unused paper
  • Your passport - It cannot be expired. And no other ID will do (driver’s license, military ID, etc.)
  • Your calculator - it must be either an HP-12C (or one of its iterations) or the TI BA-2 (or one of its iterations). No other calculator will be allowed in the exam.
  • Your pencil (and pen for Level 3) - Make sure it is a #2 pencil. If it is a mechanical pencil, then make sure it is filled with HB lead (not B or 2B or 2H).
Of course, there are other things that you CAN bring with you, like earplugs, candy, or a pencil sharpener. But these four are imperatives. If you have all four of these, then you have a fighting chance of passing the exam. If you don’t, then you might as well sleep in on Saturday morning.
 
What in the world is HB lead? If I’m filling my mechanical pencil with #2 lead, that should suffice, right?
 
HB refers to the softness/hardness of the lead. Hard lead=light writing, and vice versa.
The scale goes from 4H (the hardest possible), to 4B (the softest possible). HB is right in the middle, and is the same as a #2 pencil.
 
By candy I assume they mean any type of sucky sweets? Surely these are very noisy in the exam hall, removing packaging and whatnot?
I find myself getting extremely hungry during the three hour period, particularly during the morning session…would anyone have any advice? As far as I gather the only possible remedies to this are water and sucky sweets?
Thanks in advance,
Heathcliff
 
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