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Phys 1830 Suggestions for First Term Test

http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~english/2013winterphys1830/reviewtest1.html

When and Where: Friday Feb 1, 2013 in class. 50 minutes long.

Format:
About 30 to 35 multiple choice and true or false questions.
About 8-10 of these questions will be slide images.
About 3-5 of these questions will be mathematical.

What to bring:
Pencils. No Calculators. No Textbooks. (No IClickers.) Note: cell phones, pagers, PDAs, MP3 units or electronic translators are explicitly listed as unauthorized materials, and must not be present during tests or examinations.

Math Questions:
If constants are needed they will be given. Exact characteristics (radii, distances, masses) will be given if needed. However approximate scales of classes of objects should be known. Exact equations will be given when necessary except for linear diameter, the Inverse Square Brightness Law, formulae for telescope characteristics, the surface brightness relation and the Doppler shift.

Range of Questions:
Although there is overlap with the lab material, questions will be selected from lecture material, from specific readings that have been requested by the instructor (e.g. specified sections, diagrams, tables, images) and from the imaging workshop. For example, the lectures did not emphasize history so dates and scientists' names will not be required. See "Topics" below.

Slide (Image) Questions:
Slides questions will not ask for the specific name of the object but will test for astronomy information, e.g. the class of objects, and concepts, e.g. what causes the kind of emission shown or how the image is relevant to imagemaking.

Answer Forms and Question Sheets:
Answer Forms (i.e. Bubble Sheets) must be filled out according to the instructions on the sheet. ONLY USE PENCIL. These will be read by a machine so try to be tidy to ensure that you get the correct mark. Fill these in at least five minutes before the end of the test time period. You must write down your name, student number, your faculty, the class number (Phys 1830), section (L01), and the instructor's name.
BOTH the answer forms and question sheets will be returned to the instructor at the end of the test. They will be retained for 1 week after the marks are posted so that you may discuss them individually with the instructor. Therefore do your work on the question sheets and put your name and student number on them. The answer key will be posted outside the Dr. English's door (Allen Building 514) the day of the test. Marks will be posted, about 5 days after the test, outside Dr. English's door.

Topics on this test:
The test is based on the lecture material and the lecture notes have been posted at the secure website. (The username and password was given in class.) See the topic outline online at http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~english/2013winterphys1830/PHYS1830Schedule2013.html) for an updated schedule of material covered. For example, the topics will include scientific method, distances and sizes, public outreach imagemaking, parallax, Inverse Square Brightness Law, electromagnetic radiation and how it is produced, telescopes and detectors and constructing images, resolution, surface brightness, and Doppler shift.

Links to some supplemental material are posted at http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~english/teachsupplemental/supplemental.html. There is a link to this resource at the class website.

Review and Practice:

: The lecture notes have been designed for study methods such as PQRST.
: If you are using the reference text, while reading your notes, look up the topic that you are reading about using the reference text's subject index for the appropriate pages. Read the pages associated with the relevant chapter.
: Review all the questions posed in class and all the exercises done in class, especially those done with your fellow students.
: Practice the relevant multiple choice questions provided by the Astronomy Today online facility, if you have bought the text.
: Bring specific questions to the instructor during tutorial hour or the discussion group meeting, or make an appointment via email. The discussion group meeting will be Monday Jan 28 right at 2pm in Allen 514. Also visit Dr. English in Allen 514 - phone ahead: 474-7105.
: It is good practice to re-do all the mathematical examples done in class.

Test Tips:

: During the test, it is recommended that the whole test is read first in order to rank the questions as "easy", "challenging", and "difficult". It is best to do the easiest questions first and the difficult questions last so that as many questions as possible are answered before the time runs out.; During the test, read the question and think about YOUR owm answer would be. Then look for your answer among the multiple choices given. Note that there may be more than 1 choice that is correct so read to the end of the question for choices such as "All of the above".