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MANE 3332.04

Midterm Exam

  • You will have 75 minutes (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM)
  • Bring a calculator
  • You may bring a single 4 inch by 6 inch notecard with handwritten notes
  • You will be provided:
    • Midterm Exam
    • Akindi Answer sheet
    • Test 1 Handouts (see contents in Stuff folder)
  • You will submit:
    • Midterm Exam
    • Akindi Answer Sheet

Strategies

  • Take a minute or two scan test and look at point values
  • Seek to maximize points
  • Don't start at beginning and try to grind through test
  • Work problems in exam for partial credit
    • Solutions should contain formula, formula with values/parameters, and finally answer.

Exam Content

  • Anything that I did in class

    • Lectures 1 - 15
    • Chapters 1 - 4 in textbook
  • Practice Problems are an excellent method to study: Single Event, Two Events, CDF, binomial, Poisson, standard normal, normal, exponential, and Weibull

  • Should be prepared to work: discrete uniform, binomial distribution by hand, hypergeometric distribution, geometric distribution, negative binomial distribution, mean and variance of discrete random variables, continuous uniform distribution, mean and variance of continuous random variables
  • Approximately, 85 to 90 percent of the exam will be application problems like the practice problems
  • Approximately, 10 to 15 percent of the exam will be recognition
  • Review the old Test 1 provided in the stuff folder

Quiz Announcements

  • All quizzes will be re-opened and students will be allowed two attempts
  • Your quiz score will be calculated using the average of the two attempts
  • You do not have to make a second attempt if you are happy with your first score
  • The deadline to complete the quizzes is Thursday March 27, 2025 11:00 AM
  • Do not expect this treatment for quizzes offered in the second half of the course