Final Exam Rules:
 | The Final is 3
hrs long, on Saturday March 10th, 5-8pm, in KNE 120.
Check the room carefully!
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| You will have to answer about 6-7 problems, about half of them from the new (post-midterm 2) material. | ||
| The final counts for 36% of your grade. It covers all the material we learned in Math 111 | ||
| Bring: one 8.5"x11" sheet of
notes (two sided OK), a ruler, and a calculator.
Write your name & quiz section on your sheet of notes.
No other electronics are allowed (for instance, music players). | ||
| Also, bring photo ID -- you will need to show ID as you turn in your exam. | ||
| If a serious
and unavoidable emergency
occurs (such as sudden
illness) and you
have to miss the
final, you need to
contact
your
professor as
soon as possible and you
must provide
documentation. |
To study for the final:
1) REVIEW: First, review all the basic concepts, formulas and methods we covered so far (use the posted Review Files as a starting point, and look through your class notes and text). Understand how to answer all key questions, questions like the arrow problems at the end of sections, and from your activities. For each concept or method, make sure you can define it or describe it, and give examples. Recall in which homework problems or activities you had to apply it, and how the problems were worded. Review again extra any concepts or skills you had trouble with during the quarter.
2) UPDATE YOUR SHEET OF NOTES: As you work through (1) above, make sure your sheet of notes for the exam contains all the important points. Your sheet should be clean, neat, and organized, so you can find things easily. Do not write too small, make the sheet too busy/messy, or copy it from a friend's. If you do, it will confuse you more than it will help.
3) PRACTICE: Once you're comfortable with the material and the homework problems, print out a few previous exams from the Exam Archive (under "Final"), and attempt them in test-like conditions: 2-3hrs, in a quiet location, with no help but your sheet of notes and calculator. Do not check the answers until you're all finished! When finished (or when the time's up), compare your work to the posted solutions, and see which parts you missed. Review again the parts you missed, or bring questions to our review sessions.
During the exam:
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Start by looking over the test quickly to see how long it is and what kind of questions it includes. | ||||
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Start with the problems that look easiest to you. Read each question very carefully before writing anything, to make sure you are answering the correct question and you are not wasting time on something that was not asked. | ||||
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Don't spend too much time on any one problem, and do not panic. If you get stuck, move on and come back later. If you studied regularly and well, you should be able to do the entire exam, but sometimes the pressure can make you unable to think straight. If you return to the same question later you may notice something you missed the first time. | ||||
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Do not cheat. There are different versions of the exam and we take cheating very seriously. The consequences for cheating are outlined in the university policy on academic misconduct. | ||||
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Before handing in your exam, take a quick look and make sure you answered as much as possible every question. If you have time left, review your answers. | ||||
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As always, unless otherwise told, you need to SHOW YOUR WORK and use the methods learned in this class! This means drawing & labeling all lines and points on graphs, showing at least the main steps in your calculations, and using a correct algebraic method when one is available. Plug-and-check (guess and verify), or reading values off your graphing calculator will get little credit if there was a step-by-step procedure to determine the answer. In particular:
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