How to Pass PHY 112 Exams
The most important thing to remember is: DON'T PANIC!
In other words, study a few days earlier, and sleep the night before. I've pulled
so many all-nighters in my life and rarely benefitted, that I can say with assurance
you are not at your best mental ability if you are sleep deprived. Physics requires
sharp mental abilities, not rote memorization, so all-nighters are actually worse
than not studying at all. And remember, 11:30 AM on May 3rd.
I always insert homework problems at the end of the exam. Make sure you can do
every one of the homework problems I assigned for those chapters. Notice that almost all
the problems from chapter 33 are odd, so that solutions are found in the back of
the book. I will also post solutions from the manual. Chapter 33 will not be graded
but can appear on the final.
The multiple choice is "short answer". It will be on the level of the questions,
checkpoints, and the easier exercises from the chapter. Study for the multiple
choice by going over the checkpoints, check your answer at the back of the book.
Do the questions. Check your answer. Do as many of the exercises as you have
time for, maybe start by doing the first 2 odd exercises from each section, and
checking your answer. It is both more honest and instructive to write down your
answer before you look it up in the back of the book. When you make a mistake,
stare at it and understand what you did wrong, because that mistake could easily
show up as an choice in the multiple choice. In multiple choice exams, you are NOT
given partial credit for getting halfway there, that mistaken answer will be one
of the options that get you 0%. So make all your mistakes in practice.
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