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Sample Final Exam

Sample Final Exam Solutions

Re the midsemester exam:

The Midsemester Exam was held on Saturday 28 April at 8am

The Special Midsemester Exam will be held at 5pm on Tuesday 8th May 2001 in room 50-S201

You do not need to know the Appendix B to the notes.

The exam covers everything discussed in lectures up to the end of week 6; thus it covers the vectors, matrices, determinants, functions, limits, and continuity.

Read these sections of the printed lecture notes. For text book references see the link later on this page!

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Solutions to Sample Midsemester Exam

Midsemester Exam Results

First grounds/procedures for special mid-semester exam

Approval for special exams for mid-semester central exams is the
responsibility of the School. (Departmental exams are handled by the
lecturer concerned). Please refer any students applying for specials for
central exams to the School office. There is a form to complete and the
student is required to provide documentary evidence to support their
claim.

Regarding grounds for approval for specials, we will be following the
policyset out in the Assessment Rules.
The School office will advise the students if their application is
approved
or not. We will advise you if special exams have been approved for your
courses.

There are no supps for mid-semester exams as they are not
"end of semester exams" as specified in the various program rules.

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT:

Assessment will be based on the following two components:

• Failure to complete any part of any item of the assessment will result in your receiving a mark of 0 for that part of that item of the assessment.
  To determine your grade for MATH1050 we will use the the sum of marks from the mid and end of semester exams (or use the end of semester examination marked out of 100 instead of out of 70, if this yields a greater mark) and apply the
  ``ASSESSMENT CRITERIA'' listed at the end of this guide.
• Two hour written examination at the end of the semester held at a time to be advised by Examinations Section.
• There will also be about ten weekly tutorial assignments (starting in week 2 ).
  These are handed in to your tutor (see below for appropriate labelling!)
  Tutorial marks are formative (for feedback) rather than summative (for grading) although in border-line cases tutorial marks will be used to mark up a border-line student provided a reasonable number of assignments have been competently completed. There is also a high correlation between students who hand in all the assignments and who pass the examination!
• Anything discussed in lectures is examinable. In addition problems from assignments and tutorials as well as similar problems may form part of the written exam.
• Some sample solutions with marking schemes will be provided during the semester.

Examinations

• MID-SEMESTER EXAMINATION
  This will be held at a time and place to be advised by the examinations section but most likely will be on a Saturday between the 14th and the 28th April. It will be approximately one hour long. Further details, including a mock version of the test for practise, will be given out in the first half of semester.
  
• END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION
  This will be 2 hours long, plus 10 minutes for perusal, and will be held in the usual examination period. It is timetabled centrally by examinations section, and your lecturers have no power over the
  choice of the date or time! At the end of semester there is a week of ``swot vac'', starting
  Monday 11 June, and there will be revision tutorials held during that time; details will be provided later.

Special Examinations

• If a few students have extremely good reasons for being unable to attend this mid-semester examination, then they should request in writing and no later than one week after the examination to take a special mid-semester exam at a time and place to be advised. This request should be addressed to your lecturer, labelled MATH1050, and handed in to the School of Physical Sciences Office for a decision on your request. Ths School office is 67-641 BUT will move to another building during the semester (See the MATH1050 Homepage for information updates). In their letter, the student should clearly state the grounds for their inability to attend the scheduled mid-semester test.
• Contact your Faculty Office for policy and procedures re final exams including special final exams.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

• Solutions will be marked for accuracy, appropriateness of mathematical
  techniques and clarity of presentation, as demonstrated by examples
  presented in lectures.
• To earn a Grade of 7, a student must achieve a final mark of at least 85% and demonstrate an excellent understanding of MATH1050. This includes clear expression of nearly all their deductions and explanations, the use of appropriate and efficient mathematical techniques and accurate answers to nearly all questions and tasks with appropriate justification. They will be able to apply techniques to completely solve both theoretical and practical problems.
• To earn a Grade of 6, a student must achieve a final mark of at least 75% and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of MATH1050. This includes clear expression of most of their deductions and explanations, the general use of appropriate and efficient mathematical techniques and accurate answers to most questions and tasks with appropriate justification. They will be able to apply techniques to partially solve both theoretical and practical problems.
• To earn a Grade of 5, a student must achieve a final mark of at least 65% and demonstrate an adequate understanding of MATH1050. This includes clear expression of some of their deductions and explanations, the use of appropriate and efficient mathematical techniques in some situations and accurate answers to some questions and tasks with appropriate justification. They will be able to apply techniques to solve fundamental problems.
• To earn a Grade of 4, a student must achieve a final mark of at least 50% and demonstrat an understanding of the basic concepts of MATH1050. This includes occasionally expressing their deductions and explanations clearly, the occasional use of appropriate and efficient mathematical techniques and accurate answers to a few questions and tasks with appropriate justification. They will have demonstrated knowledge of techniques used to solve problems and applied this knowledge in some cases.
• To earn a Grade of 3, a student must achieve a final mark of at least 45% and demonstrate some knowledge of the basic concepts of MATH1050. This includes occasional expression of their deductions and explanations, the use of a few appropriate and efficient mathematical techniques and attempts to answer a few questions and tasks accurately and with appropriate justification. They will have demonstrated knowledge of techniques used to solve problems.
• To earn a Grade of 2, a student must achieve a final mark of at least 20% and demonstrate some knowledge of the basic concepts of MATH1050. This includes attempts at expressing their deductions and explanations and attempts to answer a few questions accurately.
• A student will receive a Grade of 1 if they achieve a final mark of at most 19 % or demonstrate extremely poor knowledge of the basic concepts in the course material. This includes attempts at answering some questions but showing an extremely poor understanding of the key concepts.

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