MATH1020 Calculus II -- Gateway Exams

    

The Gateway Schedule has been finalized for the remainder of the semester. Note: you can now also take the gateway exam on Friday, December 10, between 8am and 3pm, in Amos Eaton 215 and 216. This is the last day to take the exam.

You had an opportunity to take a proctored Gateway Exam in recitation on November 23.

Starting Web Page: http://amos.math.rpi.edu/gateway

Requirements:
In order to get an A in the course, you need to score 100% on the gateway exam. To receive a B, you must score 90%.

Proctored Exams:
The Gateway Schedule has been finalized for the remainder of the semester. Note: you can now also take the gateway exam on Friday, December 10, between 8am and 3pm, in Amos Eaton 215 and 216. This is the last day to take the exam. During these times, there will be a TA present who will act as the proctor (ID, password and laptop will be required). You will also be allowed to use paper and pencil but no other program can be running on your laptop. The last day to take the exam is Friday, December 10.

Useful Formulas
The last few pages of the text contain some formulas. It would be very helpful for you when you take the Gateway Exam if you could remember the following:

• Differentiation rules: numbers 1-15, 17, 19-21.
• Table of integrals: numbers 1-10, 12, 14, 16, 17.
• Trigonometric identities from pages A28-A30: numbers 6-8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18.
• The sin and cosine of: 0, Pi/6, Pi/4, Pi/3, Pi/2, Pi.

It is not necessary to memorize all of these, but you should be able to derive the ones that you don't remember.

Material Covered:

§5.4	Indefinite Integrals (2 questions)
§5.5	The Substitution Rule (3 questions)
§7.1	Integration by Parts (2 questions)
§7.2	Trigonometric Integrals (1 question)
§7.4	Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions (1 question)
also:	one other question from these sections

Thus, you should be able to take the exam after about the second week of class. You can, of course, take it earlier.

One sample question is to find $$I = \int \ln (1+x^2) dx.$$

Starting Web Page: http://amos.math.rpi.edu/gateway

Objectives and Explanation:
The gateway exams test basic skills on core material from the calculus. In particular, they test your ability to correctly carry out simple manipulations involving differentiation and integration. Because the objective includes the demonstration of being able to correctly do simple problems, there is no partial credit. The exam is taken via the web, and ten questions are randomly generated each time you take it. Because of the immediacy of computer grading (whether proctored or in practice), the exams can serve as an important study tool to help learn the material.

Attempts and Practice:
You can continue to retake the exam up to December 9. Each attempt, for credit, must be proctored (more about this below). There is no penalty for taking the exam and failing to score at least 90%. You can practice as often and whenever you wish. We have found in the past that it may take ten or fifteen attempts before you score 100% on the gateway exam. Therefore, don't leave the exam until the last week of the semester!

Academic Integrity:
You must work on your own with no help or advice from anyone other than the proctors in the room. This includes the following...

• The only program or application running on the laptop is the browser used to access the test.
• The only web page open is from the gateway exam.
• Books, notes, crib sheets, calculators, etc. are not permitted. You can, however, bring paper and pencil to the exam to work out the problems.

These rules apply at all times while in the examination room, including after you complete the exam. For example, after finishing the exam you can not check email, browse the web, etc.

Consequences of cheating: anyone not following the above rules will be excluded from taking the Gateway Exam for the course. This means the best grade in the course you will be able to attain is a C. Also, the person will be referred to the Dean of Students for possible further action.