Preparing for Exam 1

Remember, this is a "living" document and will evolve with time. More information will be added as it becomes available. This message will say when the last change has occurred (very close to now, Monday). My opinion is to let you see all the stuff now because it is helpful now. More studying tips will show up here. So start your engines and get ready for exam 1.

What we will give you on the front page of the exam

Basically, we will give you all the conversion factors and physical constants that you will need for the exam. We might even give you a few extra ones. We will also list all the formulas that we've been using.

Constants and Conversions

\(h = 6.626\times 10^{-34}\;{\rm J\cdot s}\)

\({\cal R} = 2.18\times 10^{-18}\;{\rm J}\)

\(c = 3.00\times 10^8\;\;{\rm m/s}\)

\(N_{\rm A} = 6.022\times 10^{23}\;{\rm mol}^{-1}\)

\(m_{\rm e} = 9.11\times 10^{-31}\;{\rm kg}\)

\(1 \;{\rm lb} = 453.6\;\;{\rm g}\)

\(1 \;{\rm in} = 2.54\;\;{\rm cm}\)

\(1 \;{\rm u} = 1.66\times 10^{-27}\;{\rm kg}\)

Formulas

\(c = \lambda \cdot \nu \)

\(E = h\nu \)

\( E_{\rm k} = {1\over 2} m_{\rm e}v^2 = h\nu - \Phi \)

\(E_n = -{{\cal R}\over n^2}\)

\(\Delta E = {\cal R} \left({1 \over n_f^2} - {1 \over n_i^2}\right)\)

\(\lambda = {h\over mv} \)

\(\psi_n(x) = \left(2\over L\right)^{1\over 2} \sin\left({n\pi x\over L}\right) \;\;\;n=1,2,\cdots \)

\( E_n = {n^2h^2\over 8mL^2} \;\; n=1,2,3,\cdots \)

\(\Delta x \cdot m\Delta v \geq { h \over 4 \pi } \)

\(-{\hbar^2\over 2m}{{\rm d}^2\psi \over {\rm d}x^2} + V(x)\psi = E\psi\)

If you REALLY want to see what the cover page will look like then here you go. This is a Johnny Student Exam 1 Cover Page. Realize that YOUR exam will have your real version numbers on it as well as your name, your UTEID, your instructor's name, and your unique numbers.

Exam 1 Question Types

Some folks call them "learning outcomes", Laude calls them "question types", I call them "stuff you need to know for exam 1". Note that there are 25 of them. There will be 25 questions that match up amazingly well with these.

  1. Electromagnetic radiation – Planck theory of light
  2. Electromagnetic radiation – relationship between E, ν, and λ
  3. Electromagnetic radiation – relationship between E, ν, and λ
  4. Failure of classical physics – photoelectric effect: theory and application
  5. Failure of classical mechanics—emission spectra
  6. Wave particle duality of light and matter
  7. deBroglie equation theory and calculation
  8. Uncertainty principle theory and calculation
  9. Rydberg equation calculation
  10. Bohr model theory
  11. Quantum mechanics– Aufbau, Hunds, Pauli
  12. Photoelectric effect - description and explanation
  1. Quantum mechanics application– hydrogen atom solution
  2. Quantum numbers in multi-electron system
  3. Quantum numbers in multi-electron system
  4. Aufbau, Hund and Pauli theory
  5. Periodic table nomenclature
  6. Electronic configurations of atoms, no exceptions
  7. Electronic configurations of ions, no exceptions
  8. Electronic configurations of atoms, d-block exceptions
  9. Periodicity theory: effective nuclear charge and shielding
  10. Ranking periodic trends without exceptions, atomic radius
  11. Ranking periodic trends without exceptions, ionic radius
  12. Ranking periodic trends with exceptions, first ionization energy
  13. Definitions: ionization energy and electron affinity

How about an old exam to practice?

Here are links to a pdf of an old Exam from Quest. It pretty much looks like the exam that you will take. Of course we will have new questions, but they will be on the same old topics. It is pretty much this way every year. One copy is a blank exam for you to practice on and the other copy is the key to the exam so that you can grade yourself.

Important: If you just immediately download these and "study" them, you are definitely setting yourself up for a big fail on the real exam. Good students will study ALL the material and learn it first. Good students will then set aside a 2 hour time for them to actually practice the exam - you take it with no extra resources, just you, your brain, a pencil, and a calculator. This is the LAST learning tool you should be using to prepare.

Because of what was described in the previous sentence, the practice exam will be locked until later in the week.

Practice Exam 1

Practice Exam 1 - KEY


Video Review

Here is the link to the Laude / Vanden Bout Exam 1 Review video. It will open a new page and you will sign in with your uteid and password. Remember, there are certain topics they have on their "question types" that we removed or changed from ours - other than those few (which are 1, 3, 11, 12, and 25) the rest match up nicely. It is the video recorded at 8:30am on 9/14.