Math 151a Exams, Fall 2014

There will be one in-class midterm exams and a three-hour final exam. These exams are the only Major Scheduled Grading Events for this course.
These exams are scheduled as follows.

In-Class Midterm Exam:
- Wednesday, 5 November
  - Sample problems for the midterm exam. (pdf file)
    A typo in Problem 1 was corrected on 1 November.
  - Solutions to sample problems for the midterm exam. (pdf file)
    Corrections were made at 6:12pm on 3 November.
  - Solutions to the midterm exam. (pdf file)
    These were revised on 6 November.
  - The grade cutoffs were: A 89, B 80, C 70, D 60.
    The grade distribution out of 42 students was: A 23, B 10, C 6, D 3, F 0.
    Please study the solutions posted above
Final Exam:
- 8:00am - 11:00am, Monday, 15 December in MS 6229
  - Please arrive by 7:55am and bring your University ID. <\li>
  - Sample problems for the final exam. (pdf file)
  - Solutions to sample problems for the final exam. (pdf file)
    Two incomplete solutions were fixed on 11 December.
  - The final exam. (pdf file) The minor typo is corrected.
  - The grade cutoffs were: A- 176, B- 156, C- 136, D- 116.
    The grade distribution for the 42 students who took the exam was: A 26, B 9, C 3, D 2, F 2.

No calculators, books, or notes may be used during these exams.
All items except pens, pencils, and erasers must be off the desktops.

Midterm Exam: The midterm exam will be worth 100 points. Make-up exams will only be offered to those with a legitimate excuse. If the University closes on 5 November, the midterm exam will be given the next lecture time the class meets. You may appeal the score you receive on the midterm exam by submitting your exam plus a note stating which problems you wish to have regraded to Professor Levermore. An appeal must be made by November 19.

Final Exam: The Final Exam will be worth 200 points. It will be based on the entire course. If you miss the Final Exam, and if by the next day you present a legitimate, well-documented excuse showing that for reasons beyond your control it was absolutely impossible for you to take the Final Exam, and if you have taken the midterm exam and have a C or better at the time of the Final Exam, then you will receive a grade of I for the course. In all other cases a score of zero will be assigned for the Final Exam and your course grade will be evaluated accordingly. If the University closes on the day of a scheduled final exam, then it will be given whenever the University reschedules it.

Study Advice: The best way to study for in-class exams is (in order of importance):

work the Sample Problems,
do the assigned homework,
study examples in the text.

The best way to study for the Final Exam is (in order of importance):

work the Sample Problems,
study the midterm exam (solutions are on-line),
do the assigned homework,
study examples in the text.

Solutions to the sample problems will be posted on this web page shortly before the midterm exam. The sample problems for an exam can help you in several ways:

They give you a relatively compact yet comprehensive set of problems upon which you can focus your study. They cover most of the material that might be on the exam, so serve as a good review of everything. This is why they are "sample problems" rather than a "sample exam".
They use the wording of questions that will be used on the exam.
The posted solutions will show what is expected of you. This leaves little room for excuses like you "did not understand a question" or "did not understand how far to carry out an answer".