MA1101R Exam information

Exam format Things to b i hi bring FAQ Inside the exam paper

General I f G l Information ti D Date: April 23, 2012 p , Time: 1.00-3.00pm Venue: MPSH1 and MPSH2 Seat Plan: check your venue and seat number in workbin (Exam folder) ( Exam Important: Ignore the seat number provided in MyISIS system for MA1101R exam

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Office consultation (till April 20) p Email us to fix appointment Email consultation (till April 22) Facebook (till April 22) Chat room (April 22 evening) Math Clinic (by graduate students, till Apr 20) ( yg , p ) Monday, 3-5pm Wednesday, 1-3pm F id Friday, 2 4 2-4pm Venue: S17 #05-13 Counselling and Psychological Services Exam Stress

Things to bring to exam

(all ( ll except H3 students) d ) Bring scientific calculator No graphing calculator/programmable calculator Bring student/matric card photo ID Know your student number Bring pens/pencils answers/working can be written in pencils Bring 2 (double-sided, A4 size) helpsheets g p y Handwritten, original copies only Dont bring more than 2 helpsheets

Things to bring to exam

(H3 students) d ) Can bring graphing calculator know the functions of GC Bring student/matric card photo ID Know your student number Bring pens/pencils answers/working can be written in pencils Standard helpsheets will be provided p ( ) Sample in workbin (H3 folder) dont bring your own helpsheets

Exam f E format t
4 questions do all (equal weightage) q q g g Cover chapter 1 to 7 with focus from chapter 3 onwards (focus from tutorial 5 onwards) There are (unrelated) parts (a), (b), (c) to each question Part (a): straight forward; g the other parts: moderate to difficult Each question may require the use of concepts from more than one chapter Similar to 2010/2011 Sem II paper

What to write?

Find the /Determine Answer and working Write down the Just give the answer. Write down the . Justify your answer. Answer with justification (explanation) Prove that / Show that Write down a proof (rigorous explanation) Use definitions, theorems, known results Do not give examples when proving a universal statement (unless you are trying to show such a statement is false) s

Frequently A k d Questions F tl Asked Q ti

1. Are there many proving problems? About Ab t a quarter ( t (proving problem diffi lt problem) i bl difficult bl ) 2. Can I use the theorems/results in the book without p proof? Yes (but dont write the theorem numbers) 3. Do I need to know the proofs in the book? g p f p g q Go through the proofs to learn the proving techniques 4. Do I need to revise chapters 1 and 2? Yes. They are the foundation for the other chapters. 5. 5 Do I need to show the row operations in the Gaussian elimination before writing down the REF? If the REF is just the intermediate step to find the answers, answers the detailed row operations may be omitted from working.

Frequently A k d Questions F tl Asked Q ti

6. Are the lab worksheets going to be tested? Not th N t the MATLAB commands, b t th concepts d but the t 7. Will topics not covered in lectures be tested? No. So section 7.3, 7.4 are out. Conics and quadratic equations in section 6.3 are also not tested. 8. Is the exam harder than the mid-term test? Not in terms of questions, b t i t N ti t f ti but in terms of concepts f t 9. Are the exam problems similar to homework or tutorial sets? Part (a) and some part (b) are of same level as homework; the other parts are similar level to tutorials 10. 10 Is the exam similar to past year s papers? years Similar in format but not necessarily in content

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