We will administer two midterm exams and one final exam. Each midterm is worth 25% of your grade and the final is worth 35%. Each exam will be graded and returned to you a week or so after it is given. During the exam you are allowed the following:

• A calculator which you will bring
• Writing devices a number 2 pencil which you can also bring
• A formula sheet, a scantron if so needed, and scratch paper will be provided to you.

A proctor will be available to you to help clarify any questions you may have or provide you with missing formulas during the exams.

Exam Materials

Information about exams are linked from this page. You’ll find solutions to previous exams, distribution of grades, and student grades so far in the course. Also, linked are previous exams I’ve administered in similar classes I’ve taught, sorry this the first time I’ve taught 2048 so I do not have old exams to share. However, this is not really necessary given that my exam questions come from lecture notes, homework problems and EOC exercises. PLEASE NOTE that I do have not looked at my former exams in quite some time so there may be issues with the accuracy of solutions or issues with the old exams on my sample old exams, no guaranties…

• Quiz 1 (covered chapters 17 and 18)
  1. FormulasheetExamI-PHY2054: This is the official formula sheet you will be given during the exam
  2. Quiz-1a-PHY2054Sum2017-solutions: Solutions for the first quiz (version 1 only. Version 2 differs only in the numerical values. Average score was 66/100.
• Quiz 2 (covered chapters 19 and 20)
  1. FormulasheetExamII-PHY2054: This and the Formula sheet above were issued during the exam.
  2. Quiz-2a-PHY2054Sum2017-solution: Solution for the second quiz (version 1 only). Version 2 differs only in the numerical givens. The average was 69/100.
• Quiz 3
  1. Quiz-3a-PHY2054Sum2017-solution: Solutions for the third quiz (version 1 only) but keys are provided for both versions. Version 2 differs only in the numerical values. The average was 73/100.
• Quiz 4
  1. FormulasheetExamIII-PHY2054: This is the Formula sheet that will be used for quiz 4. For the final you will be provided with all formula sheets.
  2. Quiz-4b-PHY2054Sum2017-solutions: Solutions for the fourth quiz will be available here. This time solutions are for version 2. The average was 76.
• Final Exam
  1. Here are the answers for the final exams. The first version PHY2054-Final-a and the second version PHY2054-Final-b.

Suggestions for effective test taking:

1. Study all of the material covered in class, carefully read and understand the corresponding sections in the book and most definitely do the problems assigned as homework. Exam questions are taken from the EOC problems, examples worked in class or in the book and made up by me from the material we discussed. I typically cover every section in a chapter unless otherwise stated in class.
2. Write down all of your work and label everything. Partial credit is given so it is in your interest to add details and write clearly.
3. Do as many problems as you can the exam. The exams are designed to keep the best students busy the entire test period. So don’t be too concerned if you don’t finish every problem.
4. Since problems typically have the same weight I recommend that you first quickly scan through and attempt those problems you know how to solve.