Here are locations, topics, and results lecture exams, lab exams, and the final exam in this course.
Lecture Exam 3 is Monday, November 21, two days before Thanksgiving recess. It will not be given at any other time and failure to take the exam will result in a score of 0 for the exam, so please make Thanksgiving recess travel plans accordingly.
The Final Exam is Tuesday, December 20, 6–8 pm. It will not be given at any other time and failure to take the exam will result in a score of 0 for the exam, so please make end-of-semester plans accordingly.
Your are required to abide by the following exam regulations:
We treat cheating with zero tolerance. The consequences of cheating are at a minimum that the score for work on which cheating occurs counts as 0, and a letter detailing the cheating is sent to the student's advisor, the dean of CAS, and placed in the student's academic file. Possible further consequences are referral to Academic Conduct Committee, and additional penalties, including possible expulsion from university.
Bring only your BU ID, a pen (black or blue ink only), and your Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator (but you must not bring the calculator cover) to the exam room; no electronic devices---cell phones, laptops, tablets, etc.---are allowed.
Please do your exam in black or blue ink only. Please use only the exam paper provided. Scrap paper may not be used. Points will be deducted for answers reported to an incorrect number of significant figures and if proper units are not used throughout each calculation. A periodic table, physical constants, and major formulas will be provided as appropriate. All work must be shown to receive credit.
Lecture exam 1, Monday, September 26. The exam is based on all lecture, lab, ALEKS, and discussion material through lab 1 and Mahaffy et al., chapters 1 and 2, and chapter 3 up through the middle of page 76 (and so excluding IR spectroscopy, which will be on exam 2), and related online eActivities. You are responsible for the information in Mahaffy et al., figures 3.7, 3.8, 3.19, 3.20 and 3.21, and in tables 3.2 and 3.4. You may use only the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator, but you must not bring the calculator cover.
The exam is held in the following locations, 5:15–7 pm. Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for exam 1 was 61.6/100 = 61.6% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 803 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2016 19:20:35.
Lecture exam 2, Monday, October 31. The exam is based on all lecture, lab, ALEKS, and discussion material through lab 3 and Mahaffy et al., chapter 3 from the middle of page 76, chapter 4 (sections 1, 3, and 4, and eBook activities e4.4 Collisional Heating by CO2 in the Atmosphere and e4.5 IR spectral windows), chapter 5, and chapter 6. You are responsible for the information in Mahaffy et al., figures 3.7, 3.8, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, and, 3.24, and 6.28, and in tables 3.2 and 3.4. Note that while the exam focuses on the preceding, it assumes the material from exam 1. You may use only the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator, but you must not bring the calculator cover.
The exam is held in the following locations, 5:15–7 pm. Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for exam 2 was 68.8/100 = 68.8% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 755 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, November 1, 2016 17:51:35.
Lecture exam 3, Monday, November 21. The exam is based on all lecture, lab, ALEKS, and discussion material through lab 6 and Mahaffy et al., chapter 7, and only the material in chapter 8 covered in lectures and in the first five pages of Discussion Handout 11. Note that while the exam focuses on the preceding, it assumes the material from exams 1 and 2. You may use only the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator, but you must not bring the calculator cover.
The exam is held in the following locations, 5:15–7 pm. Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for exam 3 was 63.5/100 = 63.5% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 717 people took the exam. Last updated Monday, November 28, 2016 05:28:06.
Lab exam, Monday, December 12.
The exam is held in the following locations, 5:15–7 pm. Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for the final exam was 80.9/150 = 54.0% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 146/150 = 97.3%; 714 people took the exam. Last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2016 04:29:16.
Final exam, Tuesday, December 20. The final exam is based everything covered this semester.
The exam is held in the following locations, 6–8 pm. Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
