MATH 202 Test 3 Guide
When: March 11th 15:30-16:20 p.m.
Coverage: Sections 1.1 – 1.2, 2.1 – 2.4 from First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling
Applications
Structure of the exam: This exam has two parts:
 Part A is on BrightSpace (just like the CheckPoint quizzes). It is graded by the computer and only
your final answer matters. These problems will be more computational in nature.
 Part B is hand-written, scanned, and uploaded to BrightSpace. It is graded by the TAs and part
marks based on your written solutions may be awarded. These problems will be ones where we
care about the details of your solution more than the final answer, such as problems that are
more conceptual in nature.
Timing of the exam:
 15:30 – 15:50 pm: Solve Part A on the BrightSpace.
 15:50 - 15:55 pm: Download the exam from the BrightSpace and print the exam. Note: printing is
OPTIONAL, but it helps the TAs a lot. If you don’t have easy access to a printer you can write your
solutions on normal paper that’s fine too.
 15:55 - 16:20 pm: Solve Part B and write your solutions.
 16:20 - 16:35 pm: Scan and upload your solutions to the BrightSpace. Kindly, try your best that
you upload your exam as either a pdf, a word document or as a jpeg picture.
If the tech fails, contact me immediately. If scanning in particular is the problem, take photos on your
phone and email us directly by 16:50 pm.
What technology do I need?
 Access to the Internet and BrightSpace
 OPTIONAL: A printer
 A way to scan. Most common will be a smartphone using an App such as Adobe Scan (CamScanner
is another option). A scanner attached to a computer is also fine. Either way, aim for one pdf
document, oriented the right way, clear and readable. If you need to break it into a couple files
that’s ok too.
How do I get help during the exam?
During the exam I will be contactable over the email. Please do so for either tech. or content issues.
 By email: Muhammad Awais [email protected]
CAL students: If you have a time multiplier in your accommodation letter sent to me by CAL, then your
accommodation will be programmed in automatically.
Academic Integrity: It is our collectively responsibility during the COVID-19 crisis to respond as best we
can. Just as we are all expected to act with academic integrity in normal times, the same is true here.
While no course ever completely prevents any form of cheating, this semester we are simply unable to
guard against cheating in the same way. We have a series of countermeasures in the exam to reduce
egregious examples of cheating. However, ultimately we are putting our trust in you. I know that you
value your educations, and so I hope that for advanced students like yourselves this is simply a non issue.
Can I collaborate? No. Any form of communication between students, or communication about the exam
with anyone else, constitutes an academic offense. Again, while countermeasures will be in place, we are
primarily trusting you to act with academic integrity.
Is this Open Book? What resources can I use? This is an open book test. You may use any of the following:
Your notes, the online videos, the textbook, alternate textbooks, your normal calculator etc. The problems
are not designed such that you would need to “google” them, in fact we are actively writing the problems
in ways to make that unhelpful. Instead, we are writing the exam to be written with the resources we
have provided for you and such that googling won’t help you.
Can I use a solver on the internet? No. I expect you to show full work on a problem. You can’t just plug
problems into some software package. Students that jump to the answer without showing that work will
get zero. We will generally try to write problems in a way that makes using solvers irrelevant, and mark in
a way such that using them won’t help you.
What happens if the tech fails? I’m generally going to try and be accommodating during tech fails. For
instance, if you can’t access the file on BrightSpace, email me and I will send a version to you. If you can’t
submit on BrightSpace, email me photos of the test. Etc etc, we’ll work through the different issues as
they come. Just reach our ASAP.
Can I use Scrap Paper? Yes. You don’t have to scan in your scrap paper. However, you DO need to write
full computations in your submitted work.
How should I study? You are all excellent learners of math to have made it to Calculus III. I’m sure you
have your own systems. However, a few things I think students should generally be doing include:
 Reviewing Notes/Book. For each section, be able to state the major point of the section, what
the relevant definitions and theorems are for that section, and what the standard computations
are. Try to develop a clear conceptual understanding so you could explain the main idea of that
section to a classmate if needed
 Obsessively correct past errors. Look through your homework and practice problems. Try and
identify exactly why you made mistakes and make sure you understand how to prevent that form
happening in the future.
 Tutorial. This is a great set of questions and you should expect some final exam problems will look
similar (but obviously can’t be identical given that it is open book). Solving the tutorial problems
with the TA in the tutorial is a great way to prep for exams.
 Practice Problems. Practice, practice, practice. Beyond the homework and tutorials, you can also
use the method of choosing back of the book problems. The textbook organizes the back of the
section problems into groups of similar problems, and generally you should be able to do a
representative example from each group.
 Build a “Classification” Cheat Sheet. Perhaps the most important skill is to see a problem, and
know what methodology to apply. I’d write out a nice guide which described the types of
characteristic of a problem signal which type of methodology.
 Know your resources. This last point is about the open book test part. There isn’t much value in
memorizing, but a lot of value in knowing what content is out there and where to look it up in the
book if needed. The test isn’t meant to be insanely long, but if you are wasting a lot of time flipping
through the book trying to find something you only vaguely recall, you’re going to eat through it
pretty quickly. Part of making a classification cheat sheet and reviewing the notes is so you can
see a problem, know exactly where to start, and if you forget exactly the condition of this or that
existence and uniqueness theorem you know exactly where to do.
Finally, if you need any support, please reach out. These are challenging times and if you are facing
obstacles to success, we’re happy to try and help or mitigate them as best I can, as is the rest of the
University.
Good luck!
Muhammad.

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