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Bring questions for the review session. I am not bringing any prepared lecture, it is your responsibility to ask questions.
This test will be given under the rules of the Honor Code. Bring a calculator,
but using equations programmed into your calculator IS NOT ALLOWED.
The test will most likely consist of three or four problems (like those on the homework)
with several parts and several conceptual multiple choice questions. There may also
be a few shorter questions/problems.
You will be given 55 minutes to complete the test. Remember to do the problems you
know how to do first and do the more difficult problems later. Budget your time
wisely, if you get stuck for too long, move on.
Generally speaking you should feel comfortable with the following (this is not at
all an exhaustive list.....):
Important topics
Chapter 24
Coulomb's law, Gauss' law
Gauss' law for different symmetries (spherical, cylindrical, planar)
Chapter 25
electric potential, electric potential energy
electric potential associated with different geometries, eg. point charge
Chapter 26
calculating capacitance
understand properties of capacitors in series and parallel
energy stored in an electric field
capacitors with a dielectric
dielectrics and Gauss' law
Chapter 27
definition/properties of current
resistance and resistivity (what is the difference?)
Ohm's law
power in electric circuits
You are guaranteed a Gauss' law problem and a problem involving capicators in a circuit.
How should you study?
Know how to do all of the assigned homework problems and understand all the
conceptual questions from class (those put on the overhead and those I asked you to solve
otherwise). Read the chapters and understand how to do the examples in the
text. If you have not done well on the homework you need to fully understand your
old hw to do well on the test. If you find the homework easy, you should do well on
the test.