Category: Exam
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I have a Letter of Accommodation from the Disability Resource Center? What do I do?
Submit your documentation to chemistry@uky.edu or to JSB 261A for lecture courses and to the lab supervisor for lab courses who will discuss how your accommodations will be handled. Documentation should NOT be submitted to your instructor or TA. Watch your UK email for information. Some students with exam accommodations will take the exams in…
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Any advice for preparing for the CHE 111 final exam?
Go back and rework your Smart Worksheet assignments. Make sure you understand the concepts presented in each lab and how to perform associated calculations. Topics to expect on your final Other hints
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My roommate is taking an exam early. Can I get help from them?
No. Once students have taken an exam, they are not allowed to discuss it with ANYONE until after the results have been fully released. This includes TA, friends, roommates, etc. Anyone found discussing the exam content or telling other students “it was hard”, “it was easy”, “there were questions about xxx”, etc. is subject to…
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Where should I go for questions about content on exams?
For lecture, contact your lecture instructor. For lab, contact the lab supervisor.
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What will be covered on the lab exams?
Check the schedule and/or announcements on Canvas as this varies from semester to semester. Safety is ALWAYS fair game on any exam, quiz, practical, or other assessment.
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Will exams have calculation questions? Concept questions?
Exams typically contain a variety of calculation and concept questions including multiple choice, multiple answer, matching, and fill in the blank.
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Do I have to memorize the procedures we did for the lab exams?
No, you are not expected to memorize the procedures you performed in lab. Memorizing doesn’t show me what you have learned, it just shows how much you can memorize. You are expected to know the common polyatomic ions and how to apply them to determine a chemical formula. You are also expected to know the…
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On the lab exam, do I need to know what solutions we used?
No, it’s important that you understand why we used a particular reagent instead of what the concentration was. For example, knowing that the addition HCl will result in the precipitation of insoluble chloride salts such as AgCl is more important than regurgitating the fact that we used 0.10 M HCl in the experiment.
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Why does it seem that the CHE 113 exam is a lot like a CHE 107 exam?
The purpose of this lab is to reinforce the concepts of CHE 107 so it’s not surprising that the content of the two exams will be similar.