my testing center gave me a pack of those orange ear plugs, but i didn't use them. instead, i used the noise canceling headphones at my station. it didn't really block out sound, i could still hear the girl next to me typing, but i was too much in the zone, adrenalin pumping, taking the exam to even care 😛 so yeah, you might even be provided with ear plugs depending on how nice your testing center is 🙂 the markers they gave me were really nice and thin and brand new too!