PHYS 101 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Exam Information

Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF)

This course uses the Grainger College of Engineering’s Computer-Based Testing Facility for its exams.
Sign up for your exam time slot on prairietest.org. You must use your Illinois login.
When you check in, you will need to confirm your identity using your icard or the Illinois app.
You will be required to use the calculators provided by the CBTF. It may be helpful for you to review the calculator information. We will also do a "calculator check" exercise at the begin of each exam to help you acclimate to the calculators.
The policies of the CBTF are the policies of this course, and academic integrity infractions related to the CBTF are infractions in this course.
If you have accommodations identified by the Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services (DRES) for exams, please submit your Letter of Accommodations (LOA) here before you make your first exam reservation. This must be done each semester you use the CBTF.
If you have any issue during an exam, inform the proctor immediately. Work with the proctor to resolve the issue at the time before logging off. If you do not inform a proctor of a problem during the test then you forfeit all rights to redress.
Review all instructions on the CBTF website before your first exam: https://cbtf.illinois.edu/students

About the CBTF

All exams must be scheduled in advance using the CBTF scheduling system.
All students should read and understand the information posted on the CBTF website.

Formula sheet - provided during the exam [link]

Old formula sheet - More compact for printing [link] (will not be provided during exams)

Exam content details

Exam number	Exam dates	Content covered	Study Guides
1	Feb. 13-15	Kinematics and Dynamics Lectures 1-7	[draft pdf]
2	Mar. 19-21	Dynamics with friction, energy, momentum and collisions; Rotational energy and kinematics Lectures 8-15	[draft pdf]
3	Apr. 16-18	Rotational dynamics and angular momentum, fluids, simple harmonic motion, waves & sound Lectures 16-23	[draft pdf]
Final	May 2-6	All Physics 101 content Lectures 1-27	Lectures 20-27 [draft pdf]

Exam Preparation

In the past several years, Physics 101 exams have shifted toward a more even split of conceptual and calculation questions. The practice problems in the exams below are more representative of the calculation questions you will encounter on your hour exams. For review of conceptual questions, we recommend that you focus on checkpoint questions, homework questions, and the main points identified in lecture for guidance on what to study.

Practice Problems for First Hour Exam

Practice Problems for Second Hour Exam

Practice Problems for Third Hour Exam

Previous final exams are not available. But there are some thermodynamics problems available for you to review.

Final Exams

All final exams will be held during final exam week in compliance with the university policy on final exams.

Make sure you read and understand the final exam rules. Our exam dates will be posted to the course homepage and the exam information page as soon as we receive them from the Office of the Registrar.