PH 102 / Summer 2012: Exam format

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Exam format

I had a couple of questions about the exam format, etc., so I'm reproducing my answer here for the rest of you to see.

The test will basically be 6 problems, and you can solve any 5 of them - so you can skip the one you think is hardest. Each problem will have multiple parts, so there is plenty of chance for partial credit (even within an individual part). A good example would be this one:

http://faculty.mint.ua.edu/~pleclair/ph102/Exams/Sum_2010/

(This exam from last summer had them solve 6 of 8, but that ended up a bit too long). Again, heavy partial credit if you seem to more or less know what to do, but just make some small mistakes, or just get part of it right.

The formula sheet is totally unrestricted so long as it is 1 page of normal paper on both sides, or two sheets with only 1 side of printing each. Otherwise, it can have on it whatever you like.

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