PHY 2048 - Physics I with Calculus - Spring 2013
Exams
Exam questions will be taken from a number of sources, including, but not limited to, the textbook, assigned problems, lectures, and past exams. The exam format is multiple-choice using ScanTron sheets. The answer which you bubble in on the ScanTron is the one we grade. If you make an error bubbling in an answer and miss a question, then you do not receive credit for the question. On the other hand, if you guess a question and get it correct even though you did not know how to do the problem, then you get credit for the problem. Each exam has 20 questions and is worth 20 points. The mid-term exams are 1 h 50 min, the final --- 2 hours.
Material you must bring to the exam is as follows: pencil(s), pencil sharpener, calculator, a few blank scrap paper sheets. You are also allowed to bring one hand-written formula sheet for midterm exams and up to three hand-written formula sheets for the final exams,
Quizzes
Discussion section quizzes will be based on the assigned homework problems due on Sunday before the discussion section. The quizzes will be hand graded. Each quiz will have one problem, which will be graded on the 5-point scale. The quizzes are 15 min long.
Material you must bring for quizzes is as follows: pencil(s), pencil sharpener, calculator, a few blank scrap paper sheets. The quizzes are closed-book. You are not allowed to have formula sheets.