1. Supplemental Instruction
Phys 221, Noah
Exam review 1
SESSION SCHEDULE:
Monday 7:10pm | Gilman 2104
Wednesday 5:10pm | Gilman 2104
Sunday 5:10pm | Lago 1520
Every Session is an exam review!

2. Good Luck! Exam 1 Review Phys 221 – Supplemental Instruction
Sessions continue as scheduled.

3. Exam Overview Conceptual understanding
Don’t waste too much time on these
Think carefully!
Numerical problems to test ability to apply these concepts
Rule out wrong answers
Know your formula sheet
27 Questions, 2 hours (4.4 minutes/problem)

4. SUS Check
Sign? Units? Sense?

5. Exam Content General Test will be about: Mathematical Basics
Kinematics (Position, Velocity, Acceleration)
Circular Motion
Forces, Work, Newton’s Laws
Normal force, friction, springs

6. Prepare yourself Practice Problems!! Concepts
Practice tests (11 of them, with solutions)
Old quizzes (make sure you understand mistakes)
Book problems (have answers in the back)
SI worksheets
Recitation problems
Concepts
Textbook
Online Summaries
Lecture Slides

7. ASC resources
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8. Can you do the following:

9. Foundational Math Units Dimensional Analysis Significant Figures
Vectors
Vector addition and multiplication
Relative motion
Frames of reference

10. Kinematics One dimensional motion Two dimensional motion
Position/velocity/acceleration vs time graphs
Constant acceleration
Free fall
Kinematic equations
Projectile motion

11. Newton's Laws Forces and resultant acceleration
Action/Reaction pairs (3rd law)
Free Body diagrams
Tension
Normal force
Pulleys

12. Complex Motion Circular motion Friction Work Kinetic energy Power
Springs

13. Foundational Math Problems

14. E

15. C

16. B

17. Kinematics Problems

18. Velocity at t=3s?
Acceleration at t=0.5s?
Velocity at t=2s?

19. Acceleration at t=4s ?
Displacement between
t=1s and t=5s?
Velocity at t=2s? (acceleration?)
Where is object moving in positive x direction?

20. Velocity at t=0 is 0 m/s.
Velocity at t=3s?
Position at t=2s?

21. C

22. Newton's Law Problems

23. B

24. B

25. B

26. Complex Motion

27. E

28. D

29. D

30. Hodgepodge

31. Left and right Forces of Tension cancel
Vertical components of Tension balance the weight
use pythagorean thereom to find the total magnitude of the tension

32. The friction force must provide the centripetal acceleration, soB.

33. E

34. C

35. A