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| Sec 1 | Room 138 Chemistry |
| Sec 2 | Wells Hall B-108 |
| Sec 3 | Wells Hall B-108 |
Instructions:* The exam will start promptly at 8:00 pm and end at 10:00 pm. Please be prompt!
* Remember to bring with you: (i) a picture ID; (ii) a calculator; and (iii) a #2 pencil.
* As usual, make sure you fill accurately all the following items on the bubble sheet: (i) name; (ii) PID; (iii) section number (in the box marked section); (iv) signature; and (v) form number (see next paragraph).
* There will be several different versions of the exam which are cleared marked on top of the first exam sheet. Please make sure that you enter the correct version number on the bubble sheet in the Form section. This is absolutely necessary in order for your answers being correctly recorded by the scantron.
* You can bring a summary sheet (8x11, both sides, if necessary).
* The exam sheets will be collected at the end of the exam, along with the bubble sheet, for the record, in case there is any problems (such as the bubble sheet being misread or lost) or questions by the student. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you circle your answers to all the problems on the exam sheets, and write the relevant calculations in the space between the problems.
* If you need additional scratch papers, they will be available upon request. You should not bring your own notepads or any other auxilary material.
Note: Some of the final exam problems may be similar
to past exam problems, or to some homework problems. In order
to test the understanding of the physics behind these problems,
details may have been varied, hence the answers may also have
changed. You will do well by thinking carefully about the physics
content of all the problems, whether they appear to be familiar
or not, before choosing the correct answer.
The next Midterm has been scheduled for Monday, November 5 starting
at
7:30 p.m in
Wells Hall. All logistic arrangements
will be similar to Midterm I. Click
here to see detailed instructions.
As announced by an e-mail to all registered
students, and by class announcements, those who have conflicts
can take a makeup exam some time on November 6 (to be arranged with
the instructor). We assume most of these will be the same ones
as in the last Midterm. Please
contact Prof. Tung to confirm,
and specify the times you cannot take the exam on Tue. 11/6. You need to do this by Thursday evening, November
1. A schedule will be made up
according to the information you provide. You will be notified
by e-mail before 5 pm Friday November
2, about when and where to take
the makeup exam.
Sample exams: MidTermSample1.pdf MidtermSample2.pdf
On Oct. 26, Prof. Tung will be out of town. Prof. Brown will lecture in Section 3 for him.
During the week of Nov. 5, Professor Brown will be out of town. Prof. Tung and Prof. Mahanti will conduct the lectures in Sec.1,2 during that week.
We realize that some students are concerned
about their scores on the midterm. They
have been graded by the university scoring office; and we will
double check the
grades before class on Friday. We will briefly discuss the exam
results, as
well as what we are planning to do about the grades, at the beginning
of class
on Friday.
Solutions to the problems are now available
on the Web (cf. above).
Please go through the solution to see what you did incorrectly
(and try to learn
from the experience). If there are any problems you do not understand,
please
go to the help-room next week to discuss them with the TAs and
tutors.
If you do not get the help you expect from the help-room, let
us know and we
will do the best we can to address the problem.
Profs. Brown and Tung
* The material covered in this exam is Chapters 1-5 of our textbook -- up to Work and Energy.
* The exam will start promptly at 7:30 and end at 8:30. Please be prompt!
* Remember to bring with you: (i) a picture ID; (ii) a calculator; and (iii) a #2 pencil.
* As usual, make sure you fill accurately all the following items on the bubble sheet: (i) name; (ii) PID; (iii) section number (in the box marked section); and (iv) signature.
* In addition, there will be several different versions of the exam which are cleared marked on top of the first exam sheet. Please make sure that you enter the correct version number on the bubble sheet in the Form section. This is absolutely necessary in order for your answers being correctly recorded by the scantron.
* You can bring a summary sheet (8x11, both sides, if necessary).
* The exam sheets will be collected at the end of the exam, along with the bubble sheet, for the record, in case there is any problems (such as the bubble sheet being misread or lost) or questions by the student. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you circle your answers to all the problems on the exam sheets, and write the relevant calculations in the space between the problems.
* The back sides of the exam sheets could be used as working space, if needed. Hence, it is not necessary to bring extra blank paper or notepads.
Due to room scheduling problem, the midterm dates have been moved from the original Wednesdays to Mondays. The new dates are: Monday, October 1 and Monday, November 5. These dates have been corrected on the main course web page.
Makeup exams due to class conflicts and personal exigencies can be arranged, by permission, with Professor Brown.
* The error list consists of machine-detected errors during the processing of the quiz bubble sheets. The list is given in the front of the quiz result web page. No credit can be assigned until these errors are corrected. If your name/PID appears on this error list, contact Professor Brown by e-mail immediately. Please do not make the same mistake(s) again!
* Common errors:
"incorrect
letter for (1)" : incorrect
section number is filled for problem #1, The section number (1/2/3)
is supposed to be entered in "Problem 1".
"no answer
for (2)": This is where the
answer to the quiz problem is supposed to be entered. None was
found on your sheet.
If you didn't get things right on both accounts,
your name will appear twice on the list.
* The main Result Table follows the error table on the same web page (below):
it contains the following information:
key: 1=correct, 0=incorrect, blank = absence.
Honors Option
Students in phy231 who are members of
the Honors College can qualify for Honors in the course by achieving
at least a 3.0 grade and by tutoring in the help room for
a minimum of 3 hours per week. You will find the experience
rewarding, since answering questions often
deepens your own understanding of the logic and power of scientific
thinking, and greatly helps your communications skill -- both
very important for your career development, no
matter what your chosen field is.
If you qualify and are interested, please
sign up in the class, or send a e-mail to Professor Brown as soon
as possible. Please give your name, PID and student number. Once
signed up, the duty starts the second week, September 5.