Take Home, Nope In-Class, Nope Take Home Exams - But Don't Do Them at Home

Well...this is the second week of hell period, final exams, final papers, final grading... Now I was sure after the first year of my Master's degree I would never ever have to take another in-class exam. Surprise! Apparently our "area group" has made an executive decision that all PhD classes require an exam, to "facilitate learning". So this week I have an in-class Neuro-like exam and an "in-class, given the exam questions beforehand, don't work on it before the exam, OK I guess you can do it at home, but only during the scheduled exam time exam" - confused! Me too!! Anyhow better get studying for the Neuro exam and not working on the other exam?!?.