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作者: Finalnub 时间: 2013-8-6 10:30 标题: Mechanical pencils?

I haven’t been able to find anything on the CFAI website about this, so can we use mechanical pencils for the exam?

作者: svgleeson 时间: 2013-8-6 10:30

Yes, I believe the mechanical pencil equivalent to #2 is HB. Used mechanicals for all my exams and never had a problem.

作者: d2rockstar 时间: 2013-8-6 10:30

Yes, I used a mechanical pencil for L1 and passed so I wont be changing this strategy anytime soon.

作者: segalm 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

I used mechanical pencils for all 3 lvls

作者: malbec 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

I used mechanical pencils, too. Just make sure that you have the HB lead, not 2B or 2H.

作者: giorgio10 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

I used the same 2 mechanical pencils for all 3 levels. They were my lucky pencils….Pentel .7mm drafting pencils. I am glad i used pencil for level 3 especially.

作者: onelife1 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

My lucky pencil was a Faber Castell 0.7mm. The lead doesn’t break as easily as 0.5mm if you drop it. I’m upset that I’ve lost that pencil…hoping it’s somewhere in the house & will show up eventually.

作者: bcp901 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

I don’t like 0.7mm lead. It’s too thick, and the lines on the paper are too thick. I use 0.5mm lead, and use 2B. 2B shows up better against the lined notebook paper. I took all the lead out and changed to HB for the exam.

作者: IAmNeil 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

Man, my Level 3 paper was the worst. I finished a bit early, so I went back and changed a lot of answers. There would be whole paragraphs which were crossed out, and then, there was an arrow going to another page that says “read this one instead”. Maybe I should have used pencil instead of pen. In fact, people are so used to typing now, that it’s hard to write whole written answers without being able to go back and edit text.

作者: bbtomato 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

I hate .5MM lead because I always break it and sometimes it will cut through really thin paper.
Handwriting is definitely a lost art as everyone types almost everything. My cursive is so illegible so I had to write in print on the exams which is much slower but at least it is somewha legible. Now I can’t write in cursive anymore because I got so used to printing while I was studying for the exams. It makes me wonder if kids 20 years from now will even know how to hold a pencil.

作者: mp3bu 时间: 2013-8-6 10:31

On this exam, go for 0.7mm. It fills in the ovals faster, and that’s what matters here.
For regular stuff, I do like the 0.5mm leads. Though these days I do almost everything electronic or in pen, so I’m working on memories here.

作者: BC_MBA_student 时间: 2013-8-6 10:32

Arent we making this all too complicated? Arent there more things to worry about than the pencil to be chosen? Any simple HB pencil would do, I borrowed couple from my son’s school box.

作者: mar350 时间: 2013-8-6 10:32

If choosing which pencil to bring is you’re biggest worry, I think you’re ready for the exam.

作者: mdfb79 时间: 2013-8-6 10:32

2 calculators. Don’t let all this work go to waste due to a black swan event.

作者: giants2010 时间: 2013-8-6 10:33

Good info! I was wondering about this myself.

作者: pimpineasy 时间: 2013-8-6 10:33

i second this

good thing i checked it online before preparing anything.
0.7mm HB lead it is then!
thanks for the info

作者: jansummit 时间: 2013-8-7 14:36

i second this
good thing i checked it online before preparing anything.
0.7mm HB lead it is then! ...
pimpineasy 发表于 2013-8-6 10:33

you mean, we can write with pencils even for Level III essay questions? thanks

作者: jansummit 时间: 2013-8-7 14:37

回复 24# pimpineasy

you mean, we can write with pencils even for Level III essay questions? thanks

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