SCI 1901E - Energy

Final Examination - Review Sheet

The Final Examination 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 16.  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.

While the examination is comprehensive, emphasis will be placed on material covered since the second examination is chapter 13-16.  The review sheets for the first and second examinations remain useful tools for preparation for the final examination.  Those review sheets are located at the following links:

    Review Sheet for Examination I

    Review Sheet for Examination II

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
radioactivity and radioactive decay problems	13E		Quiz 17-1 Quiz 17-2 Quiz 17-3
radioactive decay reaction equations and nuclear interaction reaction equations	13E&G			p. 437, 441-443
fission process	13H		Quiz 17-4	p. 445, 457
components of light water reactors	14C	TQ 14-2 TQ 14-7	Quiz 18
BWRs and PWRs	14C&D		Quiz 19-2 Quiz 19-3	p. 459, 463
high and low level waste	14F	TQ 14-11	Quiz 19-4
Three Mile Island and Chernobyl	14H		Quiz 20
biological effects of radiation	15B&C	TQ 15-5		p. 505
background radiation	15D
radiation protection standards	15E&G
fusion reactions	16B			p. 533
magnetic confinement and inertial confinement fusion	16D&E	TQ 16-3 TQ 16-7

Vocabulary:

plum pudding model
nuclide
Rutherford a scattering experiment
half-life
Bohr model
activity
proton
decay constant
neutron
atomic number
chain reaction
isotope
quark
thermal and fast neutrons
coolant
reaction cross section
control rods
critical mass
containment vessel
moderator
cladding
enrichment
gaseous diffusion
emergency core cooling system (ECCS)
centrifuge
loss of coolant accident (LOCA)
laser isotope separation
reprocessing
nuclear proliferation
Yucca Mountain
exposure
Law of Bergonie' and Tribondeau
somatic effect
absorbed dose
genetic effect
quality factor
acute radiation syndrome
hematopoietic syndrome
central nervous syndrome
gastrointestinal syndrome
dose equivalent
dose response curve
cosmic rays
rad and gray
terrestrial radiation
rem and sievert
internal radiation
time, distance and shielding
Lawson criterion
Tokamak
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
National Ignition facility (NIF)
implosion
plasma

Last update: April 30, 2009