SCI 1901E - Exam I

Examination I in SCI 1901E will consist of objective questions (multiple choice, matching, fill-in the blanks), short essay, sketching and labeling, and short calculation problems from Chapters 1 through 6. A calculator and the course Reference Data Pamphlet are allowed for use during the examination. Your instructor will provide a new Reference Data Pamphlet at the exam.

Questions and problems on the examination will cover learning objectives and vocabulary provided for each chapter at the course web site. The following table provides greater detail to help you focus your study. While not every topic listed below will be covered on the exam, all questions will come from the from those listed. The table provides links to the learning objective and sample problems from homework and quizzes, where applicable.

topic with link	text reference	example from homework	example from quizzes	example from textbook
principal sources of energy	1C	TQ 1-1	Quiz 1-1
four sectors for end uses of energy	1C
doubling time	1E	TQ 1-4	Quiz 1-6
historical events and price of oil	1F	TQ 1-22	Quiz 1-2
forms of mechanical energy	2B & 2E	TP 2-3	Quiz 2-1	p. 50
Newton's 2nd Law	2C & special topic	TQ 2-8 TP 2-2	Quiz 2-2	p. 40, 68, 69
efficiency definition	3D	TQ 3-5 TQ 3-6 TQ 3-9 TQ 3-10 TP 3-5	Quiz 3-1
heat required to produce a temperature change	4C	TP 4-2	Quiz 4-2 Quiz 4-3	p. 104, 105
methods of heat transfer	4D	TQ 4-6	Quiz 4-4 Quiz 4-5
Second Law of Thermodynamics	4F	TQ 4-13 TQ 4-17	Quiz 5-2
maximum efficiency	4F	TQ 4-14 TP 4-10 TP 4-13	Quiz 5-1	p. 122
heat transfer using R-value	5C	TP 5-1 TP 5-3	Quiz 6-1 Quiz 6-2	p. 135
heat loss by infiltration	5C	TQ 5-9 TP 5-5		p. 141
home site selection	5D		Quiz 7-1
heat pump	5G		Quiz 7-2
economic considerations for solar energy	6A
incident solar radiation characteristics	6B		Quiz 8-1
domestic hot water production	6E		Quiz 8-3
active and passive solar space heating	6F	TQ 6-5
flat plate collector area	6G	TP 6-3 TP 6-4 TP 6-7		p. 193