Permanent tabs

[lavadave]

I just took the exam in Delaware, and they had no problem with tabs as pictured in the previous post. You could not have post it notes, however, even if they were taped in.

 

[Dleg]

I used the plastic Post-It brand tabs, and taped each one to the page a few days before the xam to make the "permanent". I took the test in Guam, and received a letter from the Board about a month before the test that said "tabs of any kind are not allowed". I panicked and e-mailed the board to ask if they maybe had misinterpreted the NCEES rules for the FE exam to apply to the PE exam - and after a couple of responses and some assistance from my own board (Guam was only the proctor for my exam), it turned out that's exactly what had happened. So they allowed me to use tabs after all, but they said the tabs had to be the "permanent, plastic type" (which was not defined) so that's what I did. It seemed to work, but no one ever inspected them.

 

[bohnsai78]

I think the states and/or NCEES need to clarify when they refer to "Post-It Tabs". In a strict sense of the term, if they say no Post-It tabs, then you can't use tabs manufactured by Post-It, but you should be able to use tabs by other manufacturers.

More likely, it means no tabs at all.........regardless of the manufacturer, or at least that's how any level headed human being would interpret it.

But sometimes they just say no Post-Its and leave off the word tabs...........and to me that means you can't use the little paper Post-Its as tabs. You have to use something specifically made for tabbing.

 

[Road Guy]

just put some glue on them and then they are "permanent"

I thought it was a pain, but a guy in my review class was taking the exam in Alaska, but he wasnt sure of there rules so he was using scotch tape and a fine tip permanent market for hsi tab. Those would be pretty permanent IMO.