Mid-term Exam

Here is some information on your mid-term exam:

Instructions: You may take the exam anytime between class on Wednesday and Friday evening. You may take as long as you like to complete the exam. Calculations on the exam should not require a calculator but you may use one if you wish. When you are ready, come to my office (A223) and pick up an exam, take it and a pencil/pen into room A228 and work until you have completed the exam. Hand your completed exam to me or slide it under my door if I am not in. You may take as long as you wish to finish the exam. You may not discuss the exam, the nature of the exam, or anything about the exam with anyone or in the presence of anyone taking this class who has not already taken the exam.

For each of the multiple choice questions, select only the one best answer unless it is explicitly indicated that there is the potential for the selection of more than one answer. For matching questions, each item will only be used once unless it is explicitly indicated that there is the potential for one or more selections to be used more than once or not a all. The number in the small triangle to the left of each item is the total number of points that can be earned for your response. The blank area on the upper left will be filled in during grading. The student who receives the highest score in the class will be given a grade of 100%. The scores of everyone else will be adjusted using the formula:


There are a total of 62 items and 103 possible points for this exam. The breakdown is as follows:

33% water quality
18% flooding
9% infiltration/runoff
8% precipitation
8% physical hydrology
6% water cycle
4% government
4% Haiti
4% water law
6% other
100% Total

51% Short Answer
31% Multiple choice
11% Matching and ranking
7% Fill in the blank
100% Total

There is mock page for the exam posted on Sakai if you are interested in seeing how a typical page of the test will appear. I guarantee that these questions will not be on the exam but they should show you the type of questions that I am interested in asking. I will post the results of the exam on the grade book feature on Sakai along with all of your homework, quizzes, and your midterm grades as soon as I am able and certainly before Monday at noon.