My Organic Chemistry class had tests that were open-book, open-note, open-internet. Pretty much the only thing you couldn't do was talk to other students. Even if you tried to contact other students by the internet (which they didn't even try to police), there were several versions of each exam, so you were unlikely to find help.
They were still by far the hardest exams I took at University, because the questions were crafted such that you couldn't easily find the answers. Trying to look up a question in the book or online was more likely to waste test time than get you the answer.
That's the thing with ochem, if you don't know it right away it could take you 4 hours even with the book in front of you. 50% got me a B+ in that class with the curve. Humbling.
My Organic Chemistry class had tests that were open-book, open-note, open-internet. Pretty much the only thing you couldn't do was talk to other students. Even if you tried to contact other students by the internet (which they didn't even try to police), there were several versions of each exam, so you were unlikely to find help.
They were still by far the hardest exams I took at University, because the questions were crafted such that you couldn't easily find the answers. Trying to look up a question in the book or online was more likely to waste test time than get you the answer.