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There will be two in-class exams (75 minutes each) during the semester. Each will be a closed-book examination, conducted under the Vanderbilt Honor Code. Each of these examinations will count 25% of your final grade. The final examination will comprise 35% of the final grade, with homework making up the balance. Class participation as measured through the Personal Response System ("clicker" exercises) and class discussion will be used as needed where the final numerical grade falls on the borderline between two letter grades.
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The Final Examination for Physics 117B will be offered at three different times, at the locations listed below. You may choose to take the examination at any one of the times, as the format of the examination will be the same in each instance.
Thursday, April 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m. — 4327 and 5211 Stevenson
Friday, April 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m. — 4327 and 5211 Stevenson
Thursday, May 5, 9:00-11:00 a.m. — 5211 Stevenson
The test will include material from Chapters 20-42 (except for chapters 35-36) in Knight, FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS. As usual, this will be a closed-book examination, administered under the provisions of the Vanderbilt Honor Code. Physical constants and key equations from the end-of-chapter summaries will be provided with the test. No aids other than a calculator, nor information stored on a calculator or elsewhere, can be used during the examination. You are encouraged to check your batteries before the examination, as no substitute calculators will be available.
A study guide will be available by Monday morning, April 25th, to assist you in preparing for the examination.
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The examination will have twenty multiple-choice questions, four blocks of five questions corresponding to each of the four sections of the course. Typical examples are listed on the study guide (see below). In each block of five questions, two will be quantitative, requiring a simple calculation drawing on the equation sheets to be provided, while three will be conceptual, and will require interpretation of a principle, concept or application.
PARTIAL CREDIT: While the test will be graded using Scantron sheets for efficiency, there will be room for showing your work. Wrong answers will be examined by the faculty and/or TAs for possible partial credit.
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The downloadable Adobe Acrobat file below contains the study guide for the final examinations. Each of the three examinations offered will contain no more than one problem from each theme (chapter) listed on the Study Guide. The problems chosen will all follow lines of calculation shown in the examples, or ask conceptual questions related to the subject matter of the examples or sections listed.
For example, there will be a single problem from Chapter 24 for each "sitting" of the examination drawn from the following examples:
X-ray diffraction (24.1), photons (24.2), de Broglie wavelength (24.4), quantization (24.3, 24.4)
That means if you want to prepare Chapter 24, you need to study only these four examples. If you have other questions about the content or format of the examination, please ask your instructor.
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Final Exam Study Guide P117B.pdf
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Final Exam Equations 042805.pdf
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P117B Final Exam F2 Answers.pdf
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P117B Exam F3 v2 Answers 050505.pdf
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The third mid-term examination in Physics 117B for all sections will be given on Monday, April 11, from 5-7 p.m. in Rooms 4327 Stevenson, and again on Tuesday, April 12, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Rooms 4327 and 5211 Stevenson. The test will cover material from Chapters 31-34 of Knight, PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS WITH MODERN PHYSICS.
This will be a closed-book examination, administered under the provisions of the Vanderbilt Honor Code. Physical constants and key equations from the end-of-chapter summaries will be provided with the test. No aids other than a calculator, nor information stored on a calculator or elsewhere, can be used during the examination. You are encouraged to check your batteries before the examination, as no substitute calculators will be available.
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Below are the solutions to Examinations 3A and 3B (Monday and Tuesday examinations, respectively), in a downloadable Adobe Acrobat format.
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P117B Exam 3A Answers 041105.pdf
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P117B Exam 3B Answers 041205.pdf
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The second mid-term examination in Physics 117B for all sections will be given on Wednesday, March 16, from 5-7 p.m. in Rooms 4309 and 5211 Stevenson, and again on Thursday, March 17, from 5-7 p.m. in Rooms 4327 and 4327 Stevenson. The test will cover material from Chapters 25-30 of Knight, PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS WITH MODERN PHYSICS.
This will be a closed-book examination, administered under the provisions of the Vanderbilt Honor Code. Physical constants and key equations from the end-of-chapter summaries will be provided with the test. No aids other than a calculator, nor information stored on a calculator or elsewhere, can be used during the examination. You are encouraged to check your batteries before the examination, as no substitute calculators will be available.
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P117B Guide to Exam 2.pdf
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Below are the solutions to Examinations 2A and 2B, in a downloadable Adobe Acrobat format. Since Examination 2C was made up from Examinations 2A and 2B, those who took that test can compare notes across both solution sets.
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P117B S05 Exam 2A Solutions.pdf
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P117B S05 Exam 2B Solutions.pdf
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The first mid-term examination in Physics 117B for all sections will be given on Monday, February 7, from 5-7 p.m. in Room 4309 Stevenson, and again on Tuesday, February 8, from 5-7 p.m. in Rooms 4327 and 5211 Stevenson. The test will cover material from Chapters 20-24 of Knight, PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS WITH MODERN PHYSICS.
This will be a closed-book examination, administered under the provisions of the Vanderbilt Honor Code. Physical constants and the equations from the end-of-chapter summaries will be provided with the test. No other information can be used during the examination.
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The two downloadable Adobe Acrobat files below contain the Equation List that will be available to you with your test, and a List of Key Topics that should help you select the material to review prior to the examination.
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Concepts to Study Exam 1.pdf
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Exam 1 Equation Sheet.pdf
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Below are three downloadable (Adobe Acrobat) files containing the answer keys to the tests given on Monday, February 7th and Tuesday, February 8th. There is also a single page that shows the grade distribution and gives some comments on the "statistics" of the examination.
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P117B Examination 1A 020705.pdf
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P117B Examination 1B 020805.pdf
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P117B Exam 1 Analysis.pdf
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