Exams

CH101 General Chemistry

Fall 2017

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Here are locations, topics, and results lecture exams, lab exams, and the final exam in this course.

Lecture Exam 3 is Monday, November 20, 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 19, 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, October 2. The exam is based on all lecture, lab, ALEKS, and discussion material through lab 1 and Mahaffy et al., chapters 1, 2, and 3, and 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). 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 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, 6:30–8:30 pm (the duration may be shortened). 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.

  • Last name starts with A–Fl, go to MOR/101
  • Last name starts with Fm–L, go to CGS/129
  • Last name starts with M–N, go to CAS/224
  • Last name starts with O–Ro, go to KCB/101
  • Last name starts with Rp–S, go to LSE/B01
  • Last name starts with T–Z, go to SAR/101

Results: The average score for exam 1 was 60.8/100 = 60.8% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 777 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, October 3, 2017 09:38:42.

exam 1 results

Lecture exam 2, Monday, October 30. The exam is based on all lecture, lab, ALEKS, and discussion material in Mahaffy et al., chapters 5 and 6 and in labs 1–3. You are responsible for the information in Mahaffy et al., figure 6.28 and table 6.13. 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, 6:30–8:30 pm (the duration may be shortened). 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.

  • Last name starts with A–B, go to SAR/101
  • Last name starts with C–H, go to MOR/101
  • Last name starts with I–L, go to COM/101
  • Last name starts with M–R, go to CGS/129
  • Last name starts with S–T, go to KCB/101
  • Last name starts with U–Z, go to LSE/B01

Results: The average score for exam 2 was 68.1/100 = 68.1% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 730 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, October 31, 2017 09:31:40.

exam 2 results

Lecture exam 3, Monday, November 20. The exam is based on all lecture, lab, ALEKS, and discussion material through lab 5 and Mahaffy et al., chapter 7, and only the material in chapter 8 covered in lectures and supporting material (the first three pages) in Discussion Packet 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, 6:30–8:30 pm (the duration may be shortened). 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.

  • Last name starts with A–B, go to SAR/101
  • Last name starts with C–H, go to MOR/101
  • Last name starts with I–L, go to COM/101
  • Last name starts with M–R, go to CGS/129
  • Last name starts with S–T, go to KCB/101
  • Last name starts with U–Z, go to LSE/B01

Results: The average score for exam 3 was 62.0/100 = 62.0% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 687 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:46:54.

exam 3 results

Lab exam, Monday, December 11.

The exam is held in the following locations, 6:30–8:30 pm (the duration may be shortened). 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.

  • Last name starts with A–G, go to MOR/101
  • Last name starts with H–K, go to CAS/522
  • Last name starts with L–M, go to CAS/224
  • Last name starts with N–Se, go to COM/101
  • Last name starts with Sf–Z, go to SCI/109

Overall scores so far. Here is the distribution of overall course scores so far, on a 1000-point scale. These scores are based on lecture quizzes, the first none discussion quizzes, the first five labs, and exams 1, 2, and 3. Your overall score so far will be available on Blackboard. There will be no further updates to the overall score so far.

As detailed here, course grades are assigned based on the distribution overall scores at the end of the course. Based on past experience, it is likely that the average overall score will correspond to a grade in the C+ range.

The average overall score so far, after exam 3, is 734./1000 = 73.4% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 983/1000 = 98.3%; 686 overall scores are shown. Last updated Saturday, December 2, 2017 08:07:45.

Projected overall scores so far

Final exam, Tuesday, December 19. 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.

  • Last name starts with A–E, go to CGS/129
  • Last name starts with F–J, go to SCI/109
  • Last name starts with K–Q, go to LAW Auditorium
  • Last name starts with R–S, go to COM/101
  • Last name starts with T–Z, go to STO/B50

Results: The average score for the final exam was 80.4/150 = 53.6% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 150/150 = 100.%; 681 people took the exam. Last updated Wednesday, December 20, 2017 04:23:09.

final exam results