Programming tests on pencil & paper?

How hard is it to cut off access to the Internet in a computer lab and give programming tests with a text editor and compiler? Do most universities administer tests on programming on paper, or does my school (a state university) just suck? I would have been done with that test today way faster if I had access to cutting and copying and shit, not to mention who writes a program and doesn't even compile it?

No programmer EVER writes code in paper.
It case people missed it the first time, I will repeat: you will be doing this often at your interviews. Especially nowadays it's becoming common to filter bad candidates as soon as possible, so you can expect it soon after a phone interview, but before they give you an actual coding exam.

Do you get it now? Whether you like it or not, you'd better be able to do it.

Also to the guy who said he'd fail because a couple of syntax errors: get real. You will lose a possible job offer over it though (I have).