Announcements

Feb 27, 2012

Midterm exam will be held on March 1 (Thursday) in class.  Exam will cover Ch 1, Ch2, Appendix to Ch 2, Ch 3, Appendix to Ch 3, Ch 18,  Ch 19, Appendix to Ch 19, Ch 20, and Appendix to Ch 20 of the textbook (3rd ed.).

Exam will be 1 hour and 15 minutes long. It will have the following three parts:

Part A: 10 multiple choice questions     1*10 = 10 marks

Part B: 2 Short questions 2*5 = 10 marks

Part C: 2 multi-part problem solving questions 30 marks

To prepare for the exam I srongly recommend you to work out the optional assignments (1, 2, 3,  and 4) which are posted on the course website. You should also work out the self-test on-line quizzes which are available in the textbook's website. You should also study the assigned chapters and your class lecture notes carefully.

April 3, 2012

Final Exam will be held on April 9 (Monday) from 8:30 am to 11:00 am in SBE1220. As I mentioned in  last class, final exam will cover the materials from  Ch 1, Ch2, Appendix to Ch 2, Ch 3, Appendix to Ch 3, Ch 18 , Ch 19, Appendix to Ch 19, 20, Appendix to Ch 20, Ch 21, Ch 22, Ch 23, Ch 24 (Page 701 to the end of first paragraph of page 713 only)  of the textbook (3rd ed.).

Exam will be 2 hours and 30 minutes long. It will have the following three parts:

Part A: 40 multiple choice questions     1*40 = 40 marks

Part B: 4 Short questions 5*4 = 20 marks

Part C:  3 multi-part problem solving questions 40 marks

To prepare for the exam I srongly recommend you to work out  all Optional Assignments (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) which are posted on this course website. You should also work out the self-test on-line quizzes which are available in the textbook's website. You should also study the assigned chapters and your class lecture notes. In particular, you should make sure that you understand all of the models with a graphical explanation. You should also go through the solutions to the midterm exam which is posted on the course website.

Questions in Part B and Part C of the exam will be similar to the questions in Optional and Required Assignments . To prepare for Part A of the exam, I recommend you to read the textbook carefully and to go through your class lecture notes.  And you should also work out the self-test on-line quizzes which are available in the textbook's website.

If you have any question about the exam materials, please free to stop by during my exam-week office hours, which are as follows:

April 3rd : 1:00 - 3:00 pm

April 5th:  1:00 - 3:00 pm

You can also pick up your marked midterm exams during my above mentioned office hours, if you have not already done so.

Good luck with your exams!