Physics 211
Today’s Topics
• Pick up copy of sample final exam
• Solutions will be posted in glass
cabinet early next week
• Information about final exam
• Student evaluations for this course
• Dead week schedule
• Tuesday: Prof. Bill Campbell, Review of
material since 2nd exam
• Recitations
• Last homework assignment due
• Last group problem
• Thursday: Q&A session on sample final
• Kayle DeVaughn, 9:30 lecture
• Shawn Langan, 11:00 lecture
December 2, 2004
Physics 211
Preclass Online Problems
• There will be Preclass Online Problems
before both the Tuesday and Thursday
lectures next week
• From Thursday through the final exam,
ALL online problems for the course will
be posted in “Practice Mode”
December 2, 2004
Physics 211
Final Exam
• Wednesday, December 15
6:00 – 8:00 pm
• Comprehensive exam, details in a
moment
• Three 3” x 5” index card with
formulas, if you choose
• Calculator
• Read instructions on the front page
of the exam!!
• Circle your lecture section
• Multiple choice option
December 2, 2004
Physics 211
Final Exam Room Assignments
Section 150: 9:30 – 10:45
Brace 211 (this room)
Section 250: 11:00 – 12:15
Ferguson 217: Last name A – R
Brace 202: Last name S - Z
Sit in alternate seats when you
arrive
December 2, 2004
Physics 211
To prepare for Final Exam
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Review lecture notes
Review textbook chapters
Review homework sets
Review Exams I, II, and sample exams
Work online problems in “practice mode”
Work extra problems from end of the
textbook chapters
December 2, 2004
Physics 211 Spring 2004
Final Exam Question Topics
True and False
1. Speed of wave on string – how it depends on T and mass density
2. Period of simple pendulum
3. Objects rolling down inclined plane – linear and rotational K.E.
4. Free fall
5. Centripetal acceleration and centripetal force
6. Orbital speed of a satellite
7. Angular velocity
8. Acceleration in simple harmonic motion
9. Kinetic theory – how average speed varies with temperature
Partial Credit
1. Parallel axis theorem,  = I 
2. Equilibrium – kids on a teeter totter
3. Conservation of energy – compare mass on a string and mass
attached to a light rod as they twirl in a vertical circle
4. Conservation of linear momentum in a collision
December 2, 2004
Physics 211 Spring 2004
Final Exam Question Topics
Multiple Choice
1. F(x) given -- calculate work done over a given distance
2. Velocity vs. time graph
3. Conservation of energy: mass on a spring
4. Conservation of energy – gravitational P.E. (  GmM/r )
6. Man on ice boat – constant position of center of mass
7. Centripetal acceleration
8. Gravitational force law
9. Conservation of momentum (collision) followed by
conservation of energy
10. Conservation of angular momentum
December 2, 2004
Physics 211 Spring 2004
Final Exam and Semester Grades
If you want me to E-mail your final exam
score and semester grade when they are
ready, please send an E-mail message to:
gsnow@unlhep.unl.edu
Or you can give me a self-addressed, stamped
envelope with your home address at the final
Exam.
December 2, 2004