Physics 211
Exam Preparation
In this course, three
90-minute exams are given during the term and there is a comprehensive final exam.
Exams (except for the final exam, which was developed exclusively for the purpose
of practice) from previous semesters are available above. All the exams include
both conceptual questions and physical problems. Exams are machine graded and
consist of true-false and multiple-choice questions scored as follows:
- True-False
(2 points each, no partial credit)
- Three-Choice
Multiple Choice (3 points each, no partial credit)
- Five-Choice
Multiple Choice (6 points each, partial credit option)
On five-choice multiple
choice questions (only) there is a partial credit option. Namely, if the student
is unable to do the calculation which will result in the correct answer, the student
may elect to accept partial credit for successfully eliminating unphysical answers.
In particular, if the student can identify three of the five answers as being
wrong (ie the student marks two answers, one of which is the correct answer to
the question), then the student will receive 3 points for the question ( full
credit for choosing only the correct answer is 6 points). Similarly, if the student
can identify two of the five answers as being wrong (ie the student marks three
answers, one of which is the correct answer to the question), then the student
will receive 2 points for the question.