Spring 2024
Exam Schedule

ECE110 has three midterm exams and one final exam. The midterm exams will be short-numerical answer in a 50-minute exam taken at the Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF) over a period of several days.

This is different from the way we held exams pre-Fall 2016.

You can sign up for the upcoming exams about two weeks in advance at https://cbtf.engr.illinois.edu/sched/.

More Information about the Computer-based Testing Facility is avaiable at https://cbtf.engr.illinois.edu/, including instructions for DRES accomodations.

The first midterm will take place Saturday through Tuesday, Feb. 18-21.

The second midterm will take place Monday through Thursday, Mar. 27-30.

The third midterm will take place Sunday through Wednesday, April 23-26.

The final exam will be organized through the Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF). You will set up your exam using the usual CBTF link. The exam will likely run Thursday 5/5 through Thursday 5/12, although it has not yet been confirmed. Be sure to sign up early (when it opens in April) to be sure to get an exam time that fits your schedule well!

Preparing for Exams

Midterm exams (3 of them) will last exactly 50 minutes. Each midterm exam will contain approximately 10 short-answer problems, but may deviate from that number to adjust the average time for completion. The final exam will last 3 hours and contain approximately 30 Prarie-Learn style short answer and/or multiple-choice problems. To each exam, including the final, you may bring:

  • One sheet of notes (standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, two-sided is okay). This sheet of paper will be collected by the facility proctor along with any scratch paper you use. If you don't want to lose your help sheet, you should make a copy of it before the exam.
  • One or more pencils for solving problems in an exam booklet.
  • A straight-edge if you feel you may have trouble reading a graph

You may not bring a calculator or any other electronic device.

You may use the online computer calculator.

You may also gain some practice for working without a calculator in this WORKSHEET. Correction The final exam will allow the use of the computer calculator (or other installed software). Internet access is neither available nor allowed.

How to Study for Exam 1

Exam 1 is a 50-minute exam, self-scheduled, then taken between the dates of Saturday, February 18 and Tuesday, February 21. Your allotted time is 50 minutes. The exam will cover the learning objectives from Lecture 1 through Lecture 8 and Homework 1 through Homework 4 (as relevant to the learning objectives). See the course announcements page for more detailed information. To study for Exam 1, we recommend the following:

  • Complete homework assignments, including homework 4 due on February 17, 2017.
  • Review Lecture material (slides) and the course notes (online). See the "worked examples" there as well.
  • Work through the following old exam problems at https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece110/content/exams/, particularly
    • Spring 2016 problems 1-6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15-17
    • Fall 2015 problems 1-8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17-19
    • Spring 2015 problems 1-8, 11, 12, 14, 15, and, for a challenge, 21 (at least be able to write the KVL, KCL, Ohms equations on problem 21 where solving the equations might be time-consuming for many), 22-25.
    • Fall 2014 problems 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 (although a little challenging, it can be solved using the idea of many 140 Ohm resistors in parallel!), 14, 17, 19, 20
    • Fall 2013 problems 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 23
  • Attend the review Session on ?? from ?? pm in ?? ECEB. The materials from those sessions will appear below when available.
  • Work through the PrairieLearn examples which will have the same format as the exam! Login to https://prairielearn.engr.illinois.edu/. This problem set is not being graded at this time.
  • Visit office hours of your favorite instructor or course aide to get additional help.
Second-Chance Testing (retake) will be available, pending on 60% completion of the makeup assignment, from Wednesday, March 1 through Saturday, March 4.

Second-Chance Testing (Retake Exams)

Find out more about Second-Chance Testing.