PHYS 1240: Sound and Music
Summer 2019


Final Exam Info
 

Final exam grade distribution (not including one 0% score):

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The final exam will be a comprehensive exam of all material covered in the course and will take place on the last day of class, Friday, August 9th during the normal class period (11:00 AM - 12:35 PM in Duane G1B30). There will be four sections, as detailed below.
Two practice final exams can be found here (see the pages 2-3 for a list of resources that will be provided):
Practice Final 1 (Answer Key)
Practice Final 2 (Answer Key)


Permitted materials:


Content:

The final exam will be divided into the four sections detailed below. In general, anything covered in the course (lecture notes, tutorials, homeworks, demos) may show up on the exam, but it may benefit you to focus your studies on the topics associated with each section of the exam. In addition to those topics, you should be familiar with how to work with SI unit prefixes, how to convert between different unit systems, and how to perform simple algebraic manipulations (including working with logarithms). All necessary conversion factors will be provided.


Section 1: Matching

In this section, you will be asked to match the following list of 7 effects to a list of examples of their applications in real life.


Section 2: Multiple Choice

This section will contain 7 multiple choice questions covering sound propagation and characterics of sound.


Section 3: Instrument

In this section, you will be asked to answer questions about a specific musical instrument. The question format will be short answer, and to prepare, you should know the following information about each of the main instruments we have covered:


Section 4: Spectrogram Analysis

In this section, you will be asked to answer questions about a mystery spectrogram, which will contain the sound produced by some animal (possibly human). The question format will be short answer, and you should be prepared to read values off of a graph, identify relevant spectrogram features, and possibly make calculations.






Midterm Exam Info
 

Midterm grade distribution (not including two 0% scores):

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The midterm exam will take place on Tuesday, July 23 during the normal class period (11:00 AM - 12:35 PM in Duane G1B30). There will be 38 multiple choice questions, each worth 2.63% of the total grade for the midterm exam.
A practice midterm exam can be found here (see the second page for a list of equations & resources that will be provided).
The answer key to this practice midterm can be found here.


Permitted materials:


Topics:

The midterm will cover all material presented in class from the first day through Friday, July 19, including lecture notes, tutorials, homeworks, and demos. A comprehensive list of topics is given below. In addition to those topics, you should be familiar with how to work with SI unit prefixes, how to convert between different unit systems, and how to perform simple algebraic manipulations (including working with logarithms). However, all necessary conversion factors will be provided.


Sound Propagation


Simple Harmonic Motion


Psychoacoustics


Music

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