Personal Belongings Policy
To ensure candidates are checked in promptly and seated without delay, CFA Institute requires that you adhere to the guidelines below regarding personal belongings.
The following items MUST be kept on your desk during the examination: -Examination Admission Ticket. -Current government-issued photo identification. -Approved calculator(s), including calculator case(s). -Writing instruments (pencils for Levels I and II, pens and pencils for Level III).
The following items MAY be kept on your desk, if needed: -Erasers, calculator batteries (and screwdriver for battery replacement), pencil sharpeners (no knives), eyeglasses, earplugs, and wristwatches without engaged audible alarms or audible timers.
The following items are permitted in the testing room but must remain in your pockets or under your chair when not in use: -Your wallet (money purse). -Medicine, tissues, and other medically necessary or personal items.
The following items ARE NOT PERMITTED in the testing room: -Food and drinks. -Baggage of any kind including transparent bags, backpacks, handbags, tote bags, briefcases, luggage, carrying cases, or pencil cases. -Study materials including notes, papers, textbooks, or study guides. -Scratch paper, present/future value tables, or calculator manuals. -Highlighters, correction fluid, correction tape, or rulers. -Knives of any type, including box cutter and X-ACTO? knives for use as pencil sharpeners. -Cellular telephones, cameras, pagers, headsets, computers, electronic organizers, personal data assistants, or any other remote communication or photographic devices. -Wristwatches with engaged audible alarms/timers or any type of desk clock/timer.
Proctors and security personnel may ask to inspect your belongings at check-in to ensure that prohibited items are not carried into the testing room. Please comply with all such requests. If proctors or security personnel find items that are not permitted in the testing room, you will be required to place them in a designated area away from the testing room during the examination. You will not have access to these items during the examination, but may access them during the lunch break and at the conclusion of the examination. Neither CFA Institute nor the test center, testing personnel, or vendors will assume responsibility or liability for stolen, lost, or damaged personal property left in this area.
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