PHYS 212 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Exam Information

Formula Sheet

Midterm exams in this course will be given at the Computer Based Testing Facility.

You will be allowed the following items while taking the exam

1. Electronic formula sheet
2. Scratch paper and a pen/pencil
3. A calculator 

Information about the Computer Based Testing Facility

• This course uses the Grainger College of Engineering’s Computer-Based Testing Facility for its exams.
• 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, Letters of Accommodations (LOA) should be uploaded directly to the CBTF website: https://cbtf.illinois.edu/students/dres.  Once students have uploaded their LOAs, the CBTF staff will send them a confirmation email that their LOA has been processed.
  Please allow 5 business days for processing. 
• 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.
• If you do not have a physical i-card, and therefore no ID photo with the i-card office, submit a photo to the CBTF as soon as possible to avoid problems when checking in for exams. Email photos to cbtf@illinois.edu.
• 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.

Practice Exams

Below are pdf files from some past hour exams. You can check your answers (and see some video solutions) for these problems at https://www.prairielearn.org

Practice Problems for First Hour Exams

• Spring 2014
• Spring 2015 
• Fall 2015
• Spring 2018  (Spring 2018 with solutions)

Practice Problems for Second Hour Exams

• Spring 2014
• Spring 2015
• Spring 2016
• Spring 2018

Practice Problems for Third Hour Exams

• Spring 2013
• Spring 2015
• Fall 2015
• Spring 2016

Practice Problems for Final Exam

The following previous exams will help you prepare for the final exam.

• Fall 2018 Hour Exam 1  solutions here and on https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/ 
• Fall 2018 Hour Exam 2   solutions here and on https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/ 
• Spring 2018 Hour Exam 3  solutions on https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/ 
• Practice Final
• Practice Final_key

 

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