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ECE 313 Exams
Fall 2019
Throughout the semester, you will take 12 quizzes. Only the highest 9 out of your 12 quiz scores will be factored into your course grade. In addition, Quiz 0 is offered as a practice quiz, with no course credit.
We recommend you read the notes and work out the listed problems before taking the quizzes. You will take the quizzes at the College of Engineering Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF), all offered via PrairieLearn. Each quiz is designed to be completed in 20 minutes or less, although the time slots at CBTF are for 50 minutes and you may use up to the entire 50 minutes for a quiz. The quizzes are closed book with no notes or calculators allowed. The questions on the quizzes are very similar to the short answer questions and even numbered problems in the course notes, as identified on the concept matrix on the main website page for the course. Typically a quiz will have two questions with multiple parts. They could be multiple choice, checkbox (select multiple options from a list), or short answer with answers being an integer, a fraction, or a number in decimal form that should be accurate to within two significant digits, or a symbolic expressions. Paper and pencil will be provided by CBTF that you may use to work out your answers.
No aids other than a writing utensil and paper provided by the facility are allowed in the CBTF. In particular: If you are seen near a phone, MP3 player or other digital device (turned on or not--it does not matter) during an quiz/exam, you will receive a grade of zero for the assessment.
The not-for-credit practice quiz shows how PrarieLearn quizzes at the CBTF work, and it reviews a couple of topics that come up in the course.
The two questions for each quiz assigned to a particular student are selected at random from a list of possible questions, and the questions themselves may have random variations. Nevertheless, please refrain from discussing the quiz questions with other students until after the quiz period ends.
Please familiarize yourself with the policies of the CBTF. The policies of the CBTF are the policies of this course, and academic integrity infractions related to the CBTF are infractions in this course.
Any problem with testing in the CBTF must be reported to CBTF staff at the time the problem occurs. If you do not inform a proctor of a problem during the test then you forfeit all rights to redress. You must take your quizzes as scheduled with the CBTF, and only on the scheduled day and time. If you do not take the quiz (e.g. by not scheduling an appointment, by not reporting to the facility at the scheduled time, or by not performing the required work), the quiz will be counted as a zero. There will be no exceptions to this scheduling policy except in cases of severe emergency (e.g., loss of life or limb). Examples of events that do not qualify as emergencies include (but are not limited to): transportation problems, conflict with work schedule, important family vacation, or computer problems. The policies of the facility apply during each quiz for aspects such as late arrival and emergency closures. If you miss a quiz for any reason and you realize you missed it while it is still within the quiz period, then you must contact the CBTF proctors immediately. If it is sill within the quiz period, then depending on the circumstances and pending availability, you may be able to reschedule. If you fail to contact the proctors immediately, then you forfeit the opportunity to take the quiz.
When you finish your quiz, you will see the correct answers and your score on the quiz. As you are reviewing your quiz at the end, please take a mental note and memorize any questions you have regarding the quiz as you will not have access to the quiz once you leave the CBTF. After the quiz period has ended, you may come to office hours the following week (Monday-Friday) and ask specific questions regarding the quiz. After the Friday following the end of a specific quiz period, no additional questions regarding the quiz will be addressed. You will need to bring specific questions about the quiz as the TAs and instructors will not open your quiz and go through it with you.
Tip: The quizzes test your knowledge of checkpoints on your road to learning how to solve problems for this course. You will be tested over the same material again on the two midterm and final exams, without benefit of focusing on a fairly narrow list of problems. So to use your time most efficiently, read the assigned material in the notes, paying special attention to the examples. Attend and participate in class. Work out the assigned problems on your own, looking at the answers only if you are truly stuck. Start early in the week; don't wait until just before the quiz. If you work the problems yourself, you will be familiar enough with the problems to do well on the quizzes. And, more to the point, you will be in a great position for the exams, and for overall success in the course and beyond,
The topics covered in the exams are exactly the ones in the course notes.
Exam 1 covers problems, lectures, and reading for checkpoints 1-5, which is covered in the notes through the end of Chapter 2. You should know the meanings, forms, means, and variances for the key discrete distributions for all the exams, including the final exam.
Exam 2 covers problems, lectures, and reading up until (and including) Section 4.4 , with emphasis on Sections 3.1 through 4.4. You should know the meanings, forms, means, and variances for the key continuous-type distributions for Exam 2 (see the inside back cover of the Course Notes).
The final exam will cover problems, lectures, and reading for all checkpoints, covered in the notes through the end of the notes.
You should take the exams in the exam room you have been assigned. Please make sure that you bring your IDs with you, and that you show up at least 15 minutes earlier, in order to avoid last minute problems (such as not being able to find the room).
You may bring one 8.5" by 11" sheet of notes to the midterm exams; and two 8.5" by 11" sheets of notes to the final exam. Both sides of the sheets can be used. The notes can be typed in font size 10 or larger, or written in handwriting of equivalent size or larger. The exams are closed-book and closed-notes otherwise. Electronic devices (calculators, cellphones, pagers, laptops, headphones, etc.) are neither necessary nor permitted.
You can find copies of old midterm exams and final exams here Previous exams . The exams this semester will be similar in nature and covering the same topics as in recent past semesters.
The midterm exam dates were posted before the semester began and you are expected to arrange your schedules to make the exams. However, there will be unavoidable conflicts, such as with an exam for another course. A conflict midterm exam will be scheduled and students with conflicts should send an email to lwang114 at illinois dot edu (for Midterm I) or yichi3 at illinois dot edu (for Midterm II) at least one week before the midterm exam, with "conflict exam" in the subject header, explaining what the conflict is with, to request permission for the conflict exam.
If you miss a midterm exam, the following procedures apply: To receive an excused absence, you must either arrange your absence in advance with your instructor (i.e., prior to the absence), or obtain a letter from the Student Assistance Center in the Office of the Dean of Students for a personal excuse due to personal illness, family emergencies, or other uncontrollable circumstances. E-mail the letter to your section instructor as soon as possible. Scores on midterms due to excused absences will not be made up. Your midterm score for an excused absence will be the weighted average of the other midterm score and final exam score. An unexcused absence from a midterm will be counted as a 0.
Regrades: If when you receive your graded midterm exam, and after looking at the posted solutions, you feel there was an inaccuracy in the grading of your exam, fill out an exam regrade request form and staple it to your exam BUT do not write on or alter in any way your original exam paper. Turn in such regrade requests to your instructor by the end of the second lecture after the graded exams are originally handed back If you pick up your exam late, you do not get an extension for the regrade.
Final Review:
Sunday, December 15, 11-1pm, 1002 ECEB.
See Previous exams for old exams and solutions.