Unauthorized possession of personal belongings while in the secure areas of the testing centers may lead to a finding of irregular behavior and permanent annotation of the examinee's SPEX transcript.

Reference materials, i.e., books, notes, papers, or other sources, may not be consulted. Examinees are not permitted to bring personal belongings into the testing area.

Unauthorized items include, but are not limited to:

• mechanical or electronic devices, such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), calculators, watches of any type, electronic paging devices, recording or filming devices, radios;
• outerwear, such as coats, jackets, head wear, gloves;
• book bags, backpacks, handbags, briefcases, wallets;
• books, notes, study materials, or scratch paper; and
• food, candy, gum, or beverages.

Personal belongings brought to the test center must be stored in a designed locker or storage cubicle outside the secure testing area. All stored mechanical or electronic devices must be turned off. Upon reasonable suspicion, personal belongings and their contents may be inspected. Any materials that reasonably appear to be reproductions of any SPEX examination materials will be confiscated. Making notes of any kind during the examination, except on the materials provided by the test center for this purpose, is not permitted.