GENERAL

The doors of the examination room will be opened 10 minutes before the starting time for the examination.

You will not be allowed to enter the examination room more than half an hour after the starting time for the examination.

You will not be allowed to leave the examination room until half an hour after the starting time for the examination.

You must hand your answer books to the invigilator before you leave the examination room.

If you are sitting for an examination that requires a separate script book or question booklet for particular sections (or questions) and you do not attempt such a section (or question) you must write 'BLANK' on the cover of the script book or question booklet before handing it in.

EXAMINATION ATTENDANCE SLIP

You should have received an examination attendance slip, which shows these rules, and lists your examinations. Bring this slip with you to your examinations.

CONDUCT AT EXAMINATIONS

Please take particular note of the following rules.

During any examination you must not:

• have in your possession any book or notes or blank paper (apart from the materials distributed for that examination) or any other means that would improperly help you in your work. An exception applies to mathematics subjects (see below for details of notes allowable);
• have in your possession any electronic device (including mobile phones and electronic dictionaries) apart from calculators (for those subjects in which they are permitted);
• directly or indirectly help any other student;
• permit any other student to copy from or otherwise use your papers;
• directly or indirectly accept help from any other student;
• use any papers of any other student;
• by any other improper means whatever, obtain or try to obtain, directly or indirectly, help in your work, or help or try to help, directly or indirectly, any other student;
• be guilty of any breach of good order or propriety.

DECLARATION AT THE TIME OF AN EXTERNAL EXAMINATION

Students who undertake an external examination are required to sign the examination attendance roll as a formal declaration that they will comply with the rules printed on their examination attendance slip, including the conditions for the use of calculators. A student declaration on the use of calculators is also printed in the examination question booklets for non-mathematics subjects in which calculators are permitted. Students who do not comply with the rules and conditions printed on their examination attendance slip will:

• be in breach of the rules;
• have their marks for the examination cancelled or amended;
• be liable to such further penalty, whether by exclusion from future examinations or otherwise, as SACE Board of SA determines.

READING TIME

There will be a 10-minute reading time for external examinations. You may not write in your script books or question booklets or use a calculator during this time but you may write on the coloured scribbling paper provided. You will be allowed the full period scheduled for the examination after the reading time.

USE OF DICTIONARIES

If you want to use a dictionary in the examinations you must provide your own. SACE Board of SA will not supply dictionaries.

The use of dictionaries in examinations is subject to the following conditions:

• A dictionary may not contain any additional material that may help you in the examination of the subject concerned.
• The invigilator at the examination room has the authority to inspect any dictionary.

Use of Bilingual and Monolingual Dictionaries

SACE Board of SA has approved the use of bilingual and monolingual dictionaries for examinations in all subjects.

USE OF GRAPHICS CALCULATORS AND SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS
 

List of approved calculators for 2007

General Conditions for the Use of Approved Calculators (Graphics Calculators and Scientific Calculators)

The following information is provided for:

• mathematics subjects - Mathematical Methods, Mathematical Studies, and Specialist Mathematics;
• designated non-mathematics subjects for which the use of calculators is permitted in the examination - Accounting Studies, Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Information Technology Studies, Nutrition, Physical Education, Physics, and Psychology. Calculators are not approved for any other subjects.
   

1. Students who want to use calculators must provide them or be allocated a calculator by the SACE coordinator.
2. Students will be allowed to bring two calculators into the examination room.
3. No external storage media may be used with calculators.
4. Calculators must be used silently.
5. Students are advised to use in the examinations calculators that they have been using throughout the year.
6. Students have access to a special provision (misadventure) for incidents that occur outside of their control in an external examination. However, flat batteries or an inadequate power source are not included in this provision.
7. Removable covers of calculators and instruction booklets/manuals are not to be taken into the examination room.
8. Students are reminded that marks are awarded for working through the question and showing the full working.
9. Students are not permitted to use a calculator during the 10-minute reading time for the examination.
10. These general conditions must be read in conjunction with the following specific conditions. It is the responsibility of schools to ensure that the calculators being used satisfy the conditions above.

The following features are not permissible in external examinations in mathematics:

Advanced computer algebra systems (CAS)

Symbolic manipulation facilities, including:

• algebraic operations;
• symbolic differentiation;
• symbolic integration.

 
External Examinations in Mathematics — Specific Conditions for the Use of Approved Graphics Calculators

The following information is provided for Mathematical Methods, Mathematical Studies, and Specialist Mathematics.

1. Students will not be required to clear the memory of their graphics calculators, but computer algebra systems (CAS) are not permissible.
2. Students will be allowed to bring two unfolded A4 sheets (four sides) of handwritten notes into the examination. Calculator manuals will not be permitted in the examination; however, difficult key sequences may be included in the handwritten notes.
3. Students will be allowed to bring two calculators into the examination. One of these may be a scientific calculator.
4. The general conditions outlined above must be read in conjunction with these specific conditions for the use of approved graphics calculators in external examinations in mathematics.

Note: It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that the calculators are set in the correct mode. 

 
External Examinations in Designated Non-mathematics Subjects — Specific Conditions for the Use of Approved Graphics Calculators

The following information is provided for Accounting Studies, Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Information Technology Studies, Nutrition, Physical Education, Physics, and Psychology.

1. Students will be required to clear the memory of their graphics calculators before the examination.
2. Students’ attention must be drawn to the declaration on the use of calculators printed in their examination question booklet.
3. Students will not be permitted to bring any notes into the examination.
4. The general conditions outlined above must be read in conjunction with these specific conditions for the use of approved graphics calculators in external examinations in designated nonmathematics subjects.

Note: It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that the calculators are set in the correct mode.

USE OF COMPUTERS

Schools that are using computers in mathematics external examinations will be given a specific set of invigilators' instructions.

AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH RULES

You must sign the examination attendance roll as a formal declaration that you will comply with the rules printed on this examination attendance slip, including the conditions for the use of calculators.