From: "huang_qinghua" <huang_qinghua@yahoo.com>
Date sent: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 07:08:08 -0000
This may seemed to be a silly question.
Hardly. It's actually covered in the FAQ :-)
I will be taking my CISSP on
this Oct. I know ISC will be providing No.2 pencils.
And usually have a supply of extras, sharpened and ready.
But I was advised
to use mechanical pencils (No need to sharpen) ?
Well, maybe, but you should be able to get away with bringing in a small
sharpener.
Also, the "circles" you have to fill in are about 3mm in diameter, so you've
got a
fair amount of ground to cover to fill them in. If you are thinking about a
mechnical pencil, get a .7mm or larger, preferably one of the 2mm engineering
pencils.
Secondly, with regards
to No 2 pencils, Im not sure if its a matter of different grading of
pencils in different countries. I live in Singapore, and my friends who
had taken and passed CISA and CISSP told me to just get a "2B" pencil??
Actually HB, I think. You want something that will make a seriously dark mark.
However, of much more importance is to have a *really* good eraser.
From the FAQ:
You'll be told to take two F2/HB (soft, dark) pencils. Mechancial
pencils are sometimes suggested since they don't need to be sharpened,
but avoid the really fine line .5mm ones, since you have to fill in
circles that are about 3mm in diameter. If you use a mechnical
pencil, get .7mm or larger (the engineering pencils with 2mm leads
would be better), and make sure you have spare leads and know how to
reload. Also take a really good eraser: one of the white plasticky-
looking ones. Worth it's weight in gold.
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