Previous Examinations:  

Below are links to examinations from previous semesters. The previous exams' problems should be regarded as problems that supplement those worked in class, and not necessarily the exact types of questions that will appear on the exams. Study each problem carefully and try to imagine variations of the problems that might be created.

Some of the examinations are provided with answers, and some are not. If the answers are not provided, that means they will not be provided.

Fall 2009:   Exam 1       Exam 2       Exam 3      Exam 4      Final Exam

The answers to the Fall 2009 Exams 2, 3, and 4 (above) are listed at the ends of the exams. The solutions for Exam 1 and the Final Exam are not at the end of the exams, but instead are here. There is an error in Problem 4 of Exam 3: the masses are listed incorrectly. They all should have a mass M. The correct answer is not listed: it is (5/4) ML2 .

Note: the answer to Problem 19 in Exam 4 is D (24 cm).

There is a typo in Problem 14 of Exam 2, Fall 2009: the x, y, and z that appear should be the unit vectors i, j, and k.

Spring 2009:    Exam 1       Exam 2       Exam 3      Exam 4       Final Exam

Skip Problem 1 in Exam 2; the problem cannot be answered without a figure and more information.

The answers to Exams 1 and 2 above given in Spring 2009 are not available. The answers for Exams 3 and 4 are listed below:

Exam 3:

1. c 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. a 6. b 7. d 8. d 9. c 10. e
11. c 12. b 13. b 14. e 15. b 16. c 17. a 18. d 19. a 20. d

Exam 4:

1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. E (554 miles) 7. D 8. E (0.58 m) 9. E (212 Hz 10. A *
11. D 12. E (3.0 cm 13. D 14. B 15. B 16. E 17. B ** 18. D 19. E (0.25 m/s) 20. E (1.40 m/s2)

* In Problem 10 above, use v = 343 m/s for the speed of sound.
** In Problem 17 above, actual correct answer is 10.74, rounded off to 10.7.)



Spring 2010:    Exam 1       Exam 2       Exam 3       Exam 4       Final Exam


The answers to Exams 1 and 2 above given in Spring 2010 are not yet all available. The answers to Exam 3 are shown in boldface on the exam. Note the answer to Problem 6 on Exam 3 is incorrect: the answer is (E), but the correct answer should be (1/9) ML2. The answers to Exam 4 are listed below:

Exam 4:

1. D 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. E 7. D 8. D 9. D 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. B

 

Fall 2012

At present, only the solutions to the Fall 2012 Exam 4 are contained in the exams below.

Exam 1

Exam 2    Exam 3

Exam 4     Final Exam