.. _exam2-summer: Exam 2 ======================================== **Exam Window:** Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 — 24-hour window beginning at 2:00 PM EDT **Duration:** 80 minutes once you begin **Format:** Online proctored via Respondus LockDown Browser with webcam monitoring .. important:: This is a fully online proctored exam. If you already passed the Respondus practice quiz before Exam 1, you do not need to repeat it — but verify your equipment is still working. .. admonition:: Exam 2 Procedures :class: important **Exam window and timing** - The exam is available for a **24-hour window** starting Tuesday, July 21st at 2:00 PM EDT. - Once you launch the exam, you have **exactly 80 minutes** to complete it. - **One attempt only** — you cannot pause, exit, and restart. - The exam will **auto-submit** when time expires. **Exam format** - The exam begins with: - **1–6 True or False** questions, **2 points each** - **1–6 Multiple Choice** questions, **3 points each** - The remaining questions are **free response**. - Unless stated otherwise, report **numeric answers to four decimal places**. **Graphs, work, and interpretation** - If graphs are needed, they will be **provided** within the exam, except possibly a **modified boxplot** you may need to interpret. - Graphs will be **labeled** so you know what they are for. - For free-response problems, **show supporting work on scratch paper** for any numbers not given in the question. You may be asked to share scratch paper via webcam. **Code recognition** - You will **not** be required to write code, but you **will** be required to **recognize code and interpret output**. **Allowed materials** - **Any printed or handwritten materials** you have prepared — notes, formula sheets, completed homework, printed slides. There is no quantity limit; bring what helps you. - A **scientific calculator** is required (physical or the built-in LockDown Browser calculator). .. admonition:: A Strong Recommendation on Preparing Materials :class: tip While there is no limit on the quantity of printed or handwritten materials you may bring, **students who perform best on these exams typically rely on one or two well-organized crib sheets — not a thick stack of notes.** The reason has less to do with the exam itself and more to do with how you prepare for it. **The act of compressing the course material is part of studying.** When you force yourself to fit the most important formulas, definitions, procedures, and worked examples onto one or two pages, you are doing the cognitive work that builds real understanding: - You decide what matters most and what is redundant. - You rephrase ideas in your own words. - You connect related concepts so they live near each other on the page. - You notice gaps in your understanding — the topics you cannot summarize are exactly the ones you do not yet know. A student who walks into the exam with a binder full of unfiltered notes has not done this work. Under time pressure, they spend precious minutes searching for the right page, often miss what they need, and have not internalized the material well enough to recognize when a formula applies. **Recommended approach:** - Build no more than two crib sheets (front and back) for each exam as you go through the chapters. - Reorganize it once or twice as you review — the second pass is usually where the real learning happens. - Use boxes, headings, color coding, or whatever visual structure helps you find things in under five seconds. - Treat the crib sheets as a study product. If you can explain everything on it to a peer without looking at anything else, you are ready for the exam. You are welcome to bring additional printed or handwritten materials as a backup. But if your primary plan is to "look it up during the exam," you will not have time, and the looking-it-up habit will fail you on many questions as they require judgment and understanding rather than recall. **Equipment and environment** - **Computer:** Desktop or laptop (Windows or macOS). Tablets and Chromebooks are NOT supported. - **Webcam:** Must show your face and writing area throughout the exam. - **Microphone:** Required for audio monitoring. - **Internet:** Stable 2 Mbps connection or better. - **Testing space:** Private, quiet, well-lit room with no other people present. - **No headphones or earbuds.** - **No second monitor** — disconnect or disable. **Not allowed** - Digital materials displayed on any screen (PDFs, the digital textbook, slide files, typed notes on the computer). - AI tools of any kind, including Ask Anna, LatticeAI, ChatGPT, Claude, or browser-based assistants. - A second monitor or any other connected display. - Phones, tablets, smartwatches, or other electronic devices. - Communication with anyone during the exam. - Leaving the camera view. Exam Coverage ------------------------------------------------------------------ Exam 2 covers material from chapters 7–11. Exam 2: Help Session by Heekyung Ahn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. raw:: html
- `Exam Help Session `_ Preparation Materials ------------------------------------------------------------------ .. important:: Start by reading the **Exam Procedures** section above before reviewing other materials. Essential Documents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - `Exam Objectives `_ (List of topics) Previous Exams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each row links to the original PDF and, where available, to the fully worked accessible solution page. .. list-table:: Previous Exam 2 Versions :widths: 20 25 25 30 :header-rows: 1 * - Semester - Exam PDF - Solution PDF - Worked Solutions * - Spring 2024 - `Exam PDF `_ - `Solution PDF `_ - :ref:`exam2-spring2024` * - Fall 2024 - `Exam PDF `_ - `Solution PDF `_ - :ref:`exam2-fall2024` * - Spring 2025 - `Exam PDF `_ - `Solution PDF `_ - :ref:`exam2-spring2025` * - Fall 2025 - `Exam PDF `_ - `Solution PDF `_ - :ref:`exam2-fall2025` * - Spring 2026 - `Exam PDF `_ - `Solution PDF `_ - :ref:`exam2-spring2026` .. toctree:: :hidden: :maxdepth: 1 Exam2/exam2_spring2024 Exam2/exam2_fall2024 Exam2/exam2_spring2025 Exam2/exam2_fall2025 Exam2/exam2_spring2026