Exam I details

Exam I is, as you know, scheduled for this coming Thursday, 16 July. Perhaps the most notable thing about the exam is that it is going to be held during the lab period. That's right: no lab on the exam day. Sadly, there will be a lecture Thursday morning as usual. No rest for the wicked, but as a small consolation, we will spend time reviewing for the exam during lecture.

Material
The exam will cover the following material:

• Electric forces & fields
• Electrical energy & capacitance
• Current & Resistance

Basically, it will cover everything that we have done through the end of Wednesday's lecture, with the notable exception of relativity.

Format
The exam will be multiple choice, and roughly 25 questions long. I suggest studying the end of chapter questions in the notes, as well the homework and quiz solutions from last semester (start digging in here). In the book, you are best off studying the example problems, and the "quick quizzes."

Roughly half the questions will be conceptual or qualitative (no calculations), and roughly half the questions will involve real, live quantitative answers. With units and everything.

Location
The exam will be in the lecture room, Gallalee 227, but at the usual lab time of 3:00. We will devote the first 15 mins or so of that period to answering last-minute questions, after which you will have about 90 minutes for the exam. I expect the exam to take you closer to 60 minutes, but don't want anyone to feel too rushed.

Needs
You will want a calculator for the exam. Badly.

You can bring in ONE standard 8.5x11 inch sheet of paper front and back (or two sheets front-only), containing any information you like. This could include pictures, formulas, example problems, or even the first few chapters of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in a very small font. Whatever you think might help. You can use both the front and back of your sheet, typed or written, crayon or pencil, your preference.

One interesting variant is to write from left to right with a red pen, and then turn the page 90 degrees and write over the top of that with a blue pen. If you can then lay your hands on a set of 3-D glasses ... presto, you've doubled your storage density.