Part A is open book and open notebook. This part of the exam is timed. You are only allowed two hours for this part of the exam. If you use more than two hours, points will be deducted from your final score at a rate of one point per minute overtime. Most students finish this part of the exam in about an hour, but I recommend that you allow the full two hours for taking it.
Part A will contain problems. Most of them will be similar to those in the homework assignments. Bring your calculator and your own paper. Write your answers on the answer sheet attached to the exam. Do your work on your own sheets of paper. Write your class identification number on the answer sheet and on your work sheets. Do not write on the exam, and do not write on the cover sheet provided by the testing center. These sheets of paper will not be returned to you.
Solutions should be presented so that I can easily follow your work and understand what you did. Cross out any work which you don't want me to consider when I grade your exam. Give the correct number of significant figures in your answers. A good review on significant figures is given in Chapter 1 in the textbook. Take the self-test on significant figures.
Check that your answers are reasonable. If you give an unreasonable answer, you may lose extra points, even if the mistake was a simple math error or calculator error. If you know that an answer is unreasonable, but you can't find your mistake, indicate that on your solution. That will save you from losing extra points.
Part B is closed book and not timed. You may take as much time as you need. Most students finish this part of the exam in about an hour.
Part B will contain questions about the material we discussed in class. As with Part A, bring your own paper. Write your answers on the answer sheet attached to the exam. Do your work on your own sheets of paper. Write your class identification number on the answer sheet and on your work sheets. Do not write on the exam, and do not write on the cover sheet provided by the testing center. These sheets of paper will not be returned to you.