Pens, pencils, erasers, rulers
*pencils must be HB (or #2) for scan forms

Stationary Not Allowed

Dry line eraser, correction fluid - Students are now required to erase or cross out incorrect answers
Scrap paper
Smart phones, cell phones and all other electronic devices

Course materials

Students may only bring allowable materials into the examination room (see below). No other course material will be allowed.  A student who brings other items to the examination room, including coats, bags, knapsacks, briefcases, cell phones, PDAs or other electronic devices will be required to leave them at the front of the room during the examination. The invigilator is not responsible for these items.

Calculators

Students must use their own calculators in examinations, which meet the following guidelines:

• The calculator is non-printing, silent and battery-operated or solar.  
• The calculator does not have alpha keys (no keys allowing text entry).
• No more than two lines of display

Students are responsible for ensuring their calculator batteries are fully operational. There will be no exchange or borrowing of calculators or batteries during the examination. No operating instructions will be allowed in the examination room.

No other mechanical, electronic, or other type of aid or material is permitted in the examination room.

Allowable TX1 and TX2 materials

Personal & Corporate Taxation (TX1) and Advanced Personal & Corporate Taxation (TX2) students may also bring copies of the CCH Canadian Income Tax Act with Regulations. The Income Tax Act may be highlighted, underlined, cross-referenced, tabbed or indexed. It may also contain any subjective or descriptive comments or notations. However, the Act may not contain any additional inserted pages of any type, from any source.

Only the current Canadian Income Tax Act will be allowed as acceptable examination room material. If students are writing a deferred or supplemental exam, it is the students' responsibility to ensure that they have the correct edition of the Act for the session in which they will write the exam. 

The Canadian Income Tax Act may be indexed with standard index-sized tabs. Post-it notes may be used for indexing purposes only and cannot be larger than 3.75cm x 5 cm. Only one index tab or post-it note per page is allowed. Larger post-it notes or post-it notes used for any other purposes are considered page additions and are not permitted. Multiple tabs or multiple post-it notes on a page will be considered a violation of allowable examination room materials.

Allowable CM1 Materials

Business Communication (CM1) students may bring into the examination room one of the following: an English dictionary, thesaurus, single-bound combination English dictionary/thesaurus, or a translation dictionary. The reference document must be paper-based and may be highlighted, underlined, cross-referenced, tabbed, or indexed. Study notes, module notes, or loose papers within the reference document are not permitted.

Formulas and Present Value Tables

If applicable, formulas will be provided with the examination question papers. Present value tables are no longer included on any examinations. Students are expected to be able to use their financial calculators proficiently.

Allowable materials for Laurentian University courses (MM1, OR1, OM1, SP1, HC1, IN1, MM2, OR2, OM2, SP1, GM2, OL2, RM2)

Laurentian University students are allowed to use a dictionary or a translation dictionary or a thesaurus (dictionary/thesaurus) in the examination room for all Laurentian University courses. No electronic version of a dictionary/thesaurus is permitted. The dictionary/thesaurus can be highlighted or underlined. Any student whose dictionary/thesaurus contains additional pages, or in any other way contravenes the allowable examination room materials, will have his or her dictionary/thesaurus confiscated by the invigilator at the end of the examination upon turning in the examination booklet. If the dictionary/thesaurus is found to breach regulations, the student will be penalized in terms of the regulations outlined in the Laurentian University Policy Statement on Academic Dishonesty.

Allowable RM2 materials

Research Methods in Management (RM2) students are allowed to bring the course textbook -  Business Research Methods by Donald Cooper and Pamela Schindler - into the examination room. Annotations are allowed and must be in the student's own handwriting. Students may not insert or affix any original or photocopied pages from any source, including textbooks, module notes, prior or practice examinations, assignments, marker comments sheets, lecturer handouts, and so on.