All personal belongings must be kept outside of the testing lab. This includes jewelry, watches, wallets, and purses, in addition to these items:
- Cell phones
- Electronic communication devices, visual or audio recording or listening devices, or any device with an on/off button, such as MP3 players, PDAs, tablets, computers, CD players, removable storage devices, calculator watches, clocks, spellcheckers, and so on.
- Eyeglasses with communication and recording devices
- Calculators and calculator manuals (on-screen calculators are provided for tests that allow them)
- Handwritten or printed materials, such as dictionaries, notebooks, scratch paper, textbooks, etc.
- Packages and bags of any kind, such as backpacks and briefcases
- Hats or headwear, except for those being worn for religious or medical purposes
- Food or beverages, including chewing gum
- Unauthorized aids, such as slide rulers, rulers, translation aids, highlighters, etc.
- Unauthorized medical devices, such as Epinephrine injections, except with prior approval