How is the final exam taken?  Is it paper an pencil or on the computer?  Do we download it or is it a hardcopy mailed to us/our proctor?  I haven't found too much information in these forums about the final exam.

[NEAS: Hardcopy (pencil and paper) exam, as required by the SOA. The exam is email (in PDF format) to the proctor.]

And approx how many days before 3/11/09 should I give my proctor a head's up to look for the pdf files?

[NEAS: A few days.]