Month: October 2021

Test 2 Policies

Instructions: SHOW ALL Work. All work is to be handwritten. No typed solutions will be accepted. 

  • The second test is at 6:00pm to 7:15pm on Monday 10/25/2021. 
  • All work is your own. No collaboration. 
  • You are allowed to use a scientific calculator.  
  • Be sure to practice creating PDF files of all your work. I will not accept work in improper format. 
  • Any submission after 7:30pm results in -20 on your final score. 
  • No submissions after 8:00pm are accepted  
  • Online programs like MathWay, Photomath, etc. are banned. (Automatic 0 + Faculty Action Report on your Academic Record if I recognize usage of the program). 
  • If this document ends up on a website without my permission, everyone who receives this version of the test fails. Re-grading the test to a 0 grade can happen. Automatic 0 and Faculty Action report still applies. 

Oral Defense (Up to 30% of your test score) 

  • Timeslots in blue and green represent other Zoom locations I will be in. 
  • Be prepared to discuss three questions from the test. The quality of your answers will determine the remaining portion of your grade. 
  • If you do not interview, you will lose the points you could have had. 
  • e.g. If you scored 100 average on the written portion of the test, then you will receive only 70% as a grade without the interview since Written Work for the test count as 70% of the overall test. 

Test 2 Rules 10/25/2021

Instructions: SHOW ALL Work. All work is to be handwritten. No typed solutions will be accepted.

Announcement: Test has been moved to 10/25/2021.

  • The second test is at 6:00pm to 7:15pm on Wednesday 10/25/2021.
  • All work is your own. No collaboration.
  • You are allowed to use a scientific calculator.
  • Be sure to practice creating PDF files of all your work. I will not accept work in improper format.
  • Submit to this dropbox request link.
    • Any submission after 7:30pm results in -20 on your final score.
    • No submissions after 8:00pm are accepted
  • Online programs like MathWay, PhotoMath, etc. are banned. (Automatic 0 + Faculty Action Report on your Academic Record if I recognize usage of the program).
  • If this document ends up on a website without my permission, everyone who receives this version of the test fails. Re-grading the test to a 0 grade can happen. Automatic 0 and Faculty Action report still applies.

Oral Defense (Up to 30% of your test score)

  • Until 11/1
  • Sign up here
    • Time slots in blue and green represent other Zoom locations I will be in.
  • Be prepared to discuss three questions from the test. The quality of your answers will determine the remaining portion of your grade.
  • If you do not interview, you will lose the points you could have had.
    • e.g. If you scored 100 average on the written portion of the test, then you will receive only 70% as a grade without the interview since Written Work for the test count as 70% of the overall test.

For studying, go to myopenmath.com. A decent portion of the test will be from here or similar to the questions.

  • Username: guest, Password: (leave blank) Search 107 Math for Liberal Arts on the Left Menu. Week 4: Growth Models. Exercises 1-8, 10. Week 5: Finance. Exercises 1-3. Also, assume questions from the previous test might be reassessed.