Permitted support materials during an examination

The Faculty in charge of the course determines which support materials are permitted during exams. Support materials may include written and printed materials, calculators, drawing equipment and other auxiliary equipment.

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A overview of permitted support materials for the various exams, including the use of calculators, is stated in the course descriptions, curricula and in the exam question set. Support materials that is not listed will be confiscated, and this will be considered as cheating or attempted cheating. During the exam the Faculty is obligated to have a person available to clarify questions from the invigilators concerning the use of support materials.

For questions regarding any of the matters above please contact the administration at your faculty/department or eksamen@uis.no.

Calculator

It is stated in the course description whether a calculator may be used during an exam.

Bilde av en kalulator. Foto: Ray Teyes

If a calculator is permitted, it should be a plain, ordinary calculator. Programmable calculators are not allowed unless this is specifically stated in the exam text. Equipment for connecting to the mains power, magnetic card, output devices or other calculators is not permitted. The calculator must not emit noise.

There may be other limitations for the use of calculators than those set forth in this point. Violation of the provisions of this will be considered as an attempt to cheat.

An "approved simple calculator" is currently:

An "approved simple calculator" means a calculator with simple numerical and trigonometric functions. Currently this includes only:

  • All Casio FX82 
  • Casio FX85GT Plus
  • Citizen SR-260N 
  • Citizen SR-270X 
  • HP17bII+ 
  • HP30S
  • Math Numeri 624
  • Texas BA II Plus 
  • Texas Instruments TI-30, TI-30X, TI-30XB, TI-30X pro

Programmable calculators are not permitted unless this is specifically stated in the documentation of the task, Regulations relating to studies and examinations at University of Stavanger section 4-4 3).

Decision of 21.03.2018 states the following:
An ''approved simple calculator'' means a calculator with simple numerical and trigonometric functions. Currently this includes:

  • Canon F-715SG
  • All Casio FX82
  • Casio FX85GT Plus
  • Casio SL-300NC 
  • Casio SL-310UC
  • Citizen SR-260N
  • Citizen SR-270X
  • HP30S
  • HP10B II +
  • HP17bII+ 
  • Texas Instruments BA II Plus
  • Texas Instruments TI-30XB 
  • Texas Instruments TI-30X Pro

You have to use an approved, non-programmable calculator:

  • FX-9750G II
  • Casio FX-9750 
  • Casio FX-9860 
  • Texas Instruments: Ti-82, Ti-83 or Ti-84  
  • HP30S; HP17bII+ 
  • Texas BA II Plus 
  • Texas Instruments TI-30 
  • Citizen SR-260N 
  • Citizen SR-270X  
  • All Casio FX82 

You can not use CAS-calculators (Computer Algebra System). 

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