ASTR 330	Spring 2010

Exams

Final Exam

• Date:  Fri., May 7, 2010
• Place and Time:  Noyes Lab classroom 217 at 8:00-11:00am
• Format:  Multiple Choice questions (15 for Section 1, 15 for Section 2, and 30 for Section 3) with 4 extra credit questions.
• Bring: 
  • Yourself, well-rested and well-studied
  • You may also bring 1 piece of regular, 8.5"× 11" paper with notes written on it.  You may write or print whatever notes or diagrams you like on (both sides of) the paper.   I don't care if it handwritten, printed, or whatever.  It is a very good idea to write your own sheet, as the exercise of deciding what is important, organizing it, and writing it down, is a good way to study.
• Topics:  All topics from class may be covered: 20 questions from the material of exam 1, 20 questions from the material of exam 2, and 40 questions from the material after exam 2. My goal is to test for understanding of the concepts we have discussed, and how they fit together.
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• Study tips:  We have covered a lot of material in a short time, so here are some tips on how to approach your studies for the exam.
  • As noted above, lecture and homework, will be included. However, note that topics covered in lecture are an indication of what I think is the most important material, so these are worth special focus.
  • Keep in mind that this class tells a story of extraterrestrial life. I will expect you to know the large scale story with some details to help explain it best.
  • Click here for Exam 1.
  • Click here for Exam 2.
  • Click here for last year's final exam.
  • Click here for the last section's review.
  • Click here for the Jeopardy questions.

Exam 2

• Date:  Thursday, Apr 8th
• Place and Time:  In class, at the normal time
• Format:  40 Multiple Choice questions + 3 extra credit
• Bring: 
  • Yourself, well-rested and well-studied, as well as a number 2 pencil.
  • You may also bring 1 piece of regular, 8.5"× 11" paper with notes written on it.  You may write or print whatever notes or diagrams you like on (both sides of) the paper.  It is a very good idea to write your own sheet, as the exercise of deciding what is important, organizing it, and writing it down, is a good way to study.
• Topics:  From Feb 23rd to Apr 1st. My goal is to test for understanding of the concepts we have discussed, and how they fit together.
• Study tips:  We have covered a lot of material in a short time, so here are some tips on how to approach your studies for the exam.
  • Note that topics covered in lecture (the iclicker questions and the HW questions) are an indication of what I think is the most important material, so these are worth special focus.
  • Keep in mind that this class tells a story of extraterrestrial life. I will expect you to know the large scale story with some details to help explain it best.
• Here is last year's exam for reference.
• And a review sheet that will be in discussion class the week before is linked here.

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Exam 1

• Date:  Thursday, Feb 25th
• Place and Time:  In class, at the normal time
• Format:  ? Multiple Choice questions
• Bring: 
  • Yourself, well-rested and well-studied
  • You may also bring 1 piece of regular, 8.5"× 11" paper with notes written on it.  You may write or print whatever notes or diagrams you like on (both sides of) the paper.  It is a very good idea to write your own sheet, as the exercise of deciding what is important, organizing it, and writing it down, is a good way to study.
• Topics:  From the basis of the class to the lecture of Feb 18th. My goal is to test for understanding of the concepts we have discussed, and how they fit together.
• Study tips:  We have covered a lot of material in a short time, so here are some tips on how to approach your studies for the exam.
  • Note that topics covered in lecture (the iclicker questions and the HW questions) are an indication of what I think is the most important material, so these are worth special focus.
  • Keep in mind that this class tells a story of extraterrestrial life. I will expect you to know the large scale story with some details to help explain it best.
  • Here is last year's exam for reference.
  • And a review sheet that will be in discussion class the week before is linked here. This is the final version.