Engineer 1P03 midterm - MacInsiders - Student-run McMaster University Help Forum

Rossclot · 11-25-2009 at 11:37 PM

How can I prepare for Engineer 1P03 midterm? What kind of questions are asked? Is the mid-term easy?

11-25-2009 at 11:50 PM

All I can say is, don't take the questions too literally. A lot of people got screwed over by questions like the following (I don't remember pretty much anything from 1P03, so I'm just going to just write a similarly formatted question):

"What's similar between cookies and biscuits?

a) They are both delicious
b) They both contain the letter 'i'
c) Only one is edible
d) None of the above"

Now a lot of people last year chose to take these types of questions too literally and went with answers like 'b)', even though a) is the correct answer.

In all honesty, I think you'd have to be pretty dumb to go with that (Fleisig obviously isn't testing your spelling skills). A lot of people complained to him claiming that answers like 'b)' are also right...

So my advice is:

DON'T CHOOSE THE STUPID ANSWER THAT IS 'TECHNICALLY' RIGHT!

Also, make sure you study the code of ethics and understand it. It's given to you on the test, but it's a lot easier if you understand it beforehand.

Good luck!

11-25-2009 at 11:55 PM

So is it just the PEO code of ethics that we have to read and understand for the mid-term?

11-25-2009 at 11:57 PM

Umm, to be honest, I can't say I really remember. I think he also tested us on everything we learned up to that point (everything on the slides).

Did Fleisig give you the sample test from previous years? If not, I *may* be able to get it off my webct account from last year, assuming that course hasn't been removed yet.

11-26-2009 at 12:29 AM

well, there is a sample final exam that he has put up but not a sample midterm paper. i am guessing, that the final exam will contain a lot more material, right?

11-26-2009 at 01:15 AM

Perhaps. I don't remember the midterm much. All I remember is that the final exam seemed easier.

Oh and another tip; don't waste time reading the book word for word. Just memorize all the tables and bolded definitions (there aren't too many as far as I remember).

The book contains a lot of useless filler that can be skipped, and it's next to impossible to read it anyway without falling asleep.

kanishka · 11-26-2009 at 01:41 AM

know how much the midterm is worth in your final grade (that was an actual question last year)

. On a serious note, all the material in class, specifically the situations (eg. Ford Pinto [not sure if that was on the final or midterm]) made up a lot of the questions on the midterm.

11-26-2009 at 02:47 AM

So does it mean, that if one hasn't attended 1P03 lectures, he is doomed for the mid-term?

kanishka · 11-26-2009 at 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kanishka

So does it mean, that if one hasn't attended 1P03 lectures, he is doomed for the mid-term?

Not entirely. Just skim through the textbook, read the course outline (grade scheme etc), and if there are any lecture notes just go through those. I found the midterm relatively easy and I didn't prepare all that much for it either. Good luck and dont stress

frhnh · 11-26-2009 at 02:46 PM

I know it has changed, but in my year it was questions from course content, but not too specific.

Like we had a speaker in one class about how they can take tones and stuff out of phone calls to hear the person. The question was something like "911 has a call they need to interpret...."

a) this can be done
b) this cannot be done
c) engineers do not help the police

I remember it because that always made me laugh

11-26-2009 at 10:23 PM

For sure know what went on during lectures...PEO code of ethics is important too...I think he gives a breakdown of the questions on elm, no?

11-26-2009 at 11:28 PM

Read the lectures and know the code of ethics. Oh, and do the readings.. textbooks and online articles he posts

11-27-2009 at 10:50 PM

After 1P03 exam, commence the burning of paper

11-28-2009 at 01:43 PM

This is probably a bad question at this point in the class, but when you say "the textbook," which one is that? B/c i think i have a couple for that class, but havent really used any of them. Is it that "Engineering Design: A Project Based Introduction" one? Oh, and what about the custom courseware booklet?

11-28-2009 at 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul91

This is probably a bad question at this point in the class, but when you say "the textbook," which one is that? B/c i think i have a couple for that class, but havent really used any of them. Is it that "Engineering Design: A Project Based Introduction" one? Oh, and what about the custom courseware booklet?

Both of them...

Have you not been to one lecture for this course? 0.o