Test centre Exam Checklist S1 2024 - 26 March 24

Sep 2, 2026

A step-by-step checklist for candidates preparing for the Pearson VUE test-centre exam, covering actions before exam day and key requirements during the exam. It instructs readers to review the seven-day reminder email details, verify contact information, date/time, and location, confirm compliance with entry requirements, and check calculator eligibility. It also requires confirming understanding of CPA Program rules, scheduling policy, non-disclosure and online proctoring policies, and academic integrity restrictions, then review the listed exam FAQs.

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Step one

Checklist of reminder email details and entry requirements

Step three

Calculator eligibility and online tools

Step five

Exam policies and academic integrity

Step six

CPA Program exam FAQs

| Step | Description | | --- | --- | | Step one | Read your exam reminder email in detail
Seven days before your exam you’ll receive an email from Pearson VUE. It’s crucial you read this reminder thoroughly before the day of your exam. Pay close attention to:
• Your contact details
• Your appointment date and time
• The location of your exam, so you can plan your commute
• Any entry requirements for your test centre
☐ I’ve checked my contact details, and they match the names on both of my IDs my exam date, time and location in my confirmation or reminder email from Pearson VUE.
☐ I’ve checked my exam date, time and location, so that I can plan to arrive 30 minutes before my exam begins
☐ I’ve checked that I can comply with any relevant entry requirements | | Step | Description | | --- | --- | | Step three | Check your calculator
You can only bring one calculator to your exam, and it must meet the CPA Program exam requirements.
Your calculator can be:
• scientific
• standard
• financial
• able to store and recall the last performed calculation only.
Your calculator can't be:
• programmable – it must not be able to store and replay a sequence of operations or capable of external programming
• capable of text storage
• equipped with an alphanumeric keyboard (all letters from A to Z)
• a graphing calculator
• wired or include wireless communication capabilities
• equipped with a camera or video recording functionality
• powered by anything other than internal batteries and/or solar power
• able to produce a sound which cannot be turned off.
☐ I have a calculator that satisfies the CPA Program’s rules OR I will rely on the online calculator only.
You will also have access to an online calculator during your exam – you can test this via the demonstration in My Online Learning. You will continue to have access to an erasable whiteboard at your test centre. | | Step | Description | | | --- | --- | --- | | • | | Run your own hands around your waist and down your legs | | • | | Take off your glasses for inspection | | Step five | Review your exam policies
Tick the boxes to confirm you’ve read and understood each policy:☐ The CPA Program rules and regulations
☐ The Exam Scheduling Policy
☐ The Non-disclosure Agreement
☐ The Pearson VUE Online Proctored Exam Policies
☐ The Pearson VUE Terms and Conditions
☐ The Pearson VUE Privacy Policy ☐ The Academic Misconduct Policy
While you’re free to discuss how you felt about your exam with peers or friends, remember that you cannot discuss exam questions or receive information about exam content, regardless of whether you’re in person, or communicating via social media, through online forums or via messaging apps. Learn more about academic integrity. | | | Step six | Read through the CPA Program exam FAQs
If you have any last-minute questions about your upcoming exam, don’t panic. We’ve developed a set of CPA Program Exam FAQs for this exact purpose. We recommend you read through these queries – with a focus on the test-centre exam section – as part of your exam week preparation. | | | During your exam | | | | Step | Description | | --- | --- |

FAQs

When should candidates read the Pearson VUE exam reminder email, and what details must be checked?

Candidates should read the reminder email in detail seven days before the exam. They must check contact details, appointment date and time, exam location, and any test-centre entry requirements.

What calculator rules apply for the CPA Program exam?

Only one calculator may be brought, and it must meet CPA Program exam requirements. It must not be programmable, store text, have an alphanumeric keyboard, be graphing, allow wireless communication, include camera/video, use anything other than internal batteries/solar power, or produce an unturnable sound.

What exam policy topics must candidates review before the exam?

Candidates must confirm they read and understood the CPA Program rules and regulations, the Exam Scheduling Policy, the Non-disclosure Agreement, the Pearson VUE Online Proctored Exam Policies, the Pearson VUE Terms and Conditions, the Pearson VUE Privacy Policy, and the Academic Misconduct Policy.

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