| Time | The first Hour Exam will be held in class Friday Sept. 28. You will have the usual class time, 50 mintues, to answer the questions. |
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| Topics | The material covered is everthing through the discussion of cold gas dark matter in the Friday, Sept. 21 class. All lecture and homework material through this time is fair game. |
| What to Bring |
Bring yourself, well-rested, a pencil--or better, two pencils. The exam is closed book and closed notes. You will be given all relevant equations (and some irrelvant ones) and numerical data you might need. You may bring a calculator, but equations should not be programmed in (in fact, all calculations will be possible to do without a calculator). |
| Question Format | Questions will be in the form of mulitple choice, short answer (a phrase, a sentence, or at most two sentences), or short calculation. The homework questions serve as a guide for the kind of topics and questions the instructor considers to be important. Of course, given the time constriants of the exam, the problems will not generally be as involved as homework problems, but rather the questions will emphasize an understanding of how to apply and interpret the tools we have developed. |
| Study Tips | The best way to prepare for the exam is to be sure you are clear on the concepts and to be able to understand and apply the concepts and equations you have been given. In both cases, your lecture notes will be helpful, as will the text. Reviewing the homework is also an excellent way to practice quantitative problems. Note that all of the homework solutions (in fairly lengthy, pedagogical form) are posted. |
| Front Page | The front page of the exam, with instructions and equations in pdf format. |