Midterm 1 info and suggestions

[Zellmer, Robert]

The exam is 6-7:15 PM tonight, Tuesday, 2/8, in 1000 McPherson lab.  We plan on
starting it at 6:00 so get there by 5:45 PM if possible.

I plan on being there.  Good luck on the exam just in case I'm not.

It looks like only about half of you have attempted the short practice quiz for the LockDown
Browser.  If you can't get into osuwireless or the LockDown Browser tonight because you
didn't check these things to make sure everything worked and is set up properly it is not
a valid excuse.  You would take the make-up exam with a 15% penalty.

The midterm is mostly multiple-choice questions.  There are some numeric (calculation type)
fill-in-the blank questions for which you work out the answer and type it in. Do NOT use scientific
notation.  The OSU version of Canvas (Carmen) doesn't use sci. not.  Do NOT use units for these
questions in the answers,  Follow whatever directions are there for the question.  The questions
will likely tell you how many decimal places to use.  Be careful typing the number in and check the
number before clicking on the Next button.  There are also dropdown type questions and maybe
some fill-in-the blank. It's pretty much the types of questions you've seen on the quizzes.

Take a break at least 1 hour before the exam and relax.  You won't learn anything useful in that time
(technically you don't really learn a lot that's useful the day of the exam that will help).  Stay calm and
don't let it throw you if you can't answer a question.  You get about 2.6 minutes per question on average.
Some will take more time and some will take less.  You can't spend too much time on a question.  If it's
a multiple-choice calculation question and you don't get an answer that's there just redo the calculation
being more careful.  If you get the same answer take a quick look to see if you can find your mistake.
If not and you've already spent a fair amount of time on the question you may just have to take a guess
and move on.  Remember, you can move backward in the exam so time permitting you can go back to
questions you weren't sure about.  Make sure you mark them down on your scratch paper so you
remember which ones they were.  Do NOT leave any question unanswered before submitting the exam.
At least take a guess.

Remember to bring your OSU ID and an allowed calculator (and your testing device of course).

To get more detailed information on preparing your device and midterm procedures go to the following
announcements in Carmen if you haven't already done so.

Preparing for Midterm 1

Midterm 1 Procedures

Dr. Zellmer

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