I asked Illinois Department of Professional Registration, the conversation is below:
Me:
I am taking the Electrical PE exam and I am confused about the language regarding the materials allowed during the test. I have many sheets that have typed equations that I am planning on bringing in a three ring binder. Are these allowed? Also I have a printed book called EC&M's Electrical Calculations Handbook and I would like to know if this is allowed. One last item, I have a binder with several different but complete IEEE standards, and publications by various vendors that I would like to bring as well are these allowed?
IDPFR:
NO.
The following is a link directly to the guide for Illinois.
http://www.idfpr.com...E_SPEC_Exam.pdf
NO 3-ring binders (unless that is the ONLY way a book is published).
NO notes compiled together and placed into a 3-ring binder (or bound in any fashion).
Me:
When it states "no unbound notes" that means that bound notes would be allowed. Did I understand that correctly?
What about handwriting in pen in the reference books?
IDPFR:
No notes, bound or unbound are allowed.
The following is from the guide:
The following references are
NOT permitted in the examination room:
l Dictionaries;
l Material copied from several handbooks and textbooks and bound by/for the candidate;
l Loose tables, maps, charts, reference cards, etc.;
l Writing tables, unbound tables, or unbound notes;
l Manuals that are publications of the Illinois Department of Transportation (commonly referred
to as the IDOT Manual);
l Books with content directed mainly toward solution of engineering problems or preparation for
professional engineering examinations
We do not have a policy against handwriting in pen in reference books.
