When and Where: Friday Mar 8 2013 in class. 50 minutes long.
Format:
About 30 to 37 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
Newton's laws, Newton's Gravity, definitions for circumference, volume and density.
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 on them before leaving your seat.
Leave at least 5 minutes for transferring your answers to the bubble
sheet before the end of the test. The answer key will be posted
outside the Dr. English's door (Allen Building 514) the Monday
following the test, if not a few hours after 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. The topics will cover
the material following the last test (i.e. after Doppler Shift),
however some topics are repeated and will be on this test.
For example, we use relationships between velocity, distance and mass
in this section of the course so
may be included on the test. Other topics will include tides, Newton's
Law, gravity, the imagemaking workshop material, simulations, and the
simple picture of planetary system formation. That is, all topics up to planets in our
solar system. The planets will be done in detail on the final exam.
Links to some supplemental material are posted at http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~english/2013winterphys1830/index.html#sup.