Final Exam Notes –
Dec 2010
The final exam will have 4 multi-part free-form problems worth a total
of 46% each and 27 multiple choice worth 2% each for a total of 54%.
Extra emphasis will be given to Chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15 which were
not covered by one of the tests. I will refer to this as post-test chapters.
This material is about 18% of the total material, but will constitute
about 28% of the material on the final.
One problem will come from each of the three test coverage and the 4 th
problem will come from post-test chapters.
On tests I ask about a mixture of major topics and also minor topics.
On materials from Chapters 1-11 I focus on major topics but the posttest materials will include minor topics and major topics.
The multiple choice part will have fewer conceptual questions than the
tests and more focus on problem solving. It is important to note that
post-test material from Chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15 will cover minor
topics too.
You must bring a SCANTRON Form 882 E to the exam. Please don’t
bring the Form 882 E LOVAS as it has not been tested.
Chapters 1-11 will have major topics
Chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15 will have major and minor
topics
Sources of Ch 12-15 practice questions
Chapter 12 was covered by almost all old test3’s with
problems and some with multiple choice.
Chapter 13 was covered by test 3 in summer of 2010 and
2009 including problems and multiple choice.
The non-credit Assignment 13 in Mastering Physics
covers Ch 14 and 15.
The following files in the old test archive have questions
from Ch 12-15, but the coverage differs.
p243_exam_test4_practice.pdf
p243_test4_2006_P.pdf
The sections covered on the previous tests are listed on the website. The
following sections will be included in the “post-test” material:
Chapter 12: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Skip 9)
Chapter 13: Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, (Skip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14)
Chapter 14: Sections 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 (Skip 3, 4, 5 )
Chapter 15: Sections 1, 2, 4, 5 (Skip 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
This material is about 18% of the total material, but will constitute about
28% of the material on the final.
The Comprehensive part of the exam will cover “major” topics from all 15
chapters. The following minor topics will not be on the final: satellite
motion, universal gravitation, impulse, stability and balance (9-4), Pascal’s
principle, Archimedes Principle, Poiseuille’s Eqn. and the pendulum. You
will not have worked-out problem on Bernoulli’s Principle but you could
have multiple choice.
Major topics from the post-test material include the ideal gas law, internal
energy, heat engines and efficiency.
The equation list for the final is on the last page.
Please be on time for the exam. Students arriving late are not guaranteed
extra time. If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, I will attempt to give
you missed time minus 15 minutes. Those arriving in the first 15 minutes
after the start time, will be given no additional time. Those arriving after
students have started to leave will not be permitted to take the exam.
You must bring a photo ID to the final– it will be checked as you leave.
You must bring a photo ID to the final– it will be checked as you leave.
You must take the exam in the section you are registered because each
class will have a different “curve”.
Students who take the wrong exam will:
•Receive a temporary incomplete
•Have a “penalty” subtracted from their grade for the final. I do not reveal
the size of the penalty in advance.
•Have the grade for the final “adjusted” for differences in the difficulty
level of the two exams. This could be positive or negative.
The equation list for the final is on the final page.
v2
aR 
r
v  v0  at
1
x  x0  v0 t  a t 2
2
2
2
v  v0  2 a ( x  x0 )
F  ma
v v
v  0
2
P  PA  PG
P  PA   g h
1
K E  mv 2
2
PE grav  mg y
WNC  K E1  PE1  K E 2  PE 2
PE elastic 
    2 
2
0
   0t 
p  mv
t
W  F d cos 
Ffr   k FN
2
P W
1 2
kx
2
Q  A1v1  A2v2
F  k x
1
 t 2   0  
2
2
P1 
  0   t
1
1
 v12   g y1  P2   v22   g y2
2
2
v   f
v  r
aR   2 r
L  I
   I
I hoop  M R
 mr
KErot 
1
I
2
2
2
I   I 0 0
m
k
T  2
  r F
I 
FT
m/L
v 
atan  r
f 
2
I 
1
1

T
2
k
m
x  A cos 2 f t
1
I cylinder  M R 2
2
Atmospheric Pressure = 1.01 x
fn 
 v  vobs 

f '  f  snd
 vsnd  vsource 
Boltzman Constant k = 1.38 x 10-23 J/K
Stefan-Boltzmann Constant σ =
f BEAT  f1  f 2
W/
m2
K4
PV  n R T
Ideal Gas Law Constant R = 8.314 J/mol K
KE 
Avogadros’ Number Na = 6.022 x 1023 particles/mol
Density of water = 1.0x103 kg /m3
Q
T  T2
 kA 1
t
l
1 liter = 1.00X10-3m3
W   P V
3
NkT
2
Q
 e A (T14  T24 )
t
U  Q  W
W  P V
Area inside a circle =  r2
Acceleration due to gravity = 9.80 m/s2
1
3
mv 2  k T
2
2
U
Intensity at threshold of hearing = 1.0x10-12 watts/m2
Kelvin = 0C + 273
2L
n I 
n 

 I0 
Pa
5.67x10-8
nv
2L
  10 log 
2
I sphere  M R 2
5
105
P
4 r 2
e 
W
Q  QL
Q
 H
1 L
QH
QH
QH
eideal  1 
TL
TH