RE: Calculator for Part II Exam

["Lavera, Ron" <Ron.Lavera@nypa.gov>]

I've seen a lot of comments regarding the use of calculators at the HPS
exam.  I understand that one does not need a programmable calculator,
especially since you need to clear the programs anyway but I already
have an HP-42S, and since I am used to the key lay out and feel of the
calculator, I figured that it would be easier to get a duplicate
calculator than to try to teach this old dog a new trick ( how to use a
TI / Sharp etc. calculator ) in the middle of the exam.  

My apologies for starting a extraneous thread.

Thanks to everyone that responded to the initial post.

Ron LaVera
lavera.r@nypa.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: tconley@kdhe.state.ks.us [mailto:tconley@kdhe.state.ks.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 10:09 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Calculator for Part II Exam


I used a Sharp solar powered calculator that only had + - * / and log
functions.  I used a TI-30 as a back up and paid about $20.00 for the
pair.
They are cheap, easy to use and have more functions than you could
possibly
need for the exam.  If you need more functions then you are missing the
point of the problem and not using your problem solving skills to their
fullest.

The key to passing the exam is to solve the problems not calculate an
answer.

Beware of solar powered caluclators though because if lighting is poor
they
won't work.  On the table I was working at there was one spot on the
table
it would work.  Annoying but not insurmountable.

Good Luck

Thomas A. Conley, CHP
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Radiation Control Program
tconley@kdhe.state.ks.us


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