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BIOL 107 Questions

Q: Where do I go for the final exam?
A: Come Thursday morning (Dec. 16th), 8 AM, to TLS 154 if you're in sections 1-5 & 13, but go to PB 36 (Physics Building) if you're in sections 6-12!  See here for map if you don't know where to find it.

Q: Where do I find the Biology Place questions for Campbell?
A: It can be tough to find them.  From the main page (you don't need to
select the chapter yet) click on "TestFlight", then "select the chapters."
From there you'll need to select the chapter and enter the number of
questions you want to answer (the maximum is 20 for each chapter).  Once you
click on "generate test" it will give you the questions one-by-one.

Don't forget to go over the questions on the Campbell CD ROM (or web site) too.  If you only had time to do one or the other, choose the Campbell questions.


Q: I'm having trouble using the CD ROM that came with the textbook on the computers in my dorm.  Why won't it work?
A: Some computers on campus won't let the CD ROM start itself ("auto run") when you put it in the CD ROM drive.  This is to protect the computer from people installing software on them.  Other computers don't like it when you double-click on the CD ROM to open it (for the same reason).

The best way to open the CD ROM on one of the campus computers is to:
1) Put it in the CD ROM drive. If it does start to install, try to cancel
2) Open Netscape or Internet Explorer directly by clicking on their icon
3) From the menu, choose "File", then "Open" or "Open page" and select the CD ROM drive (the CD will be called "Isp_cd")
4) Open the file "index.html" then click "agree" after it opens

Q: Are you going to have a review session before the exam?
A: Yep, I've scheduled review sessions before both exams.

For Exam #3 (Friday, Nov. 19th), the review session is Monday, Nov. 15th at 4:15 PM in TLS 154.
For Exam #4 (Thursday, Dec. 16th), the review session is Monday, Dec. 13th at 4:15 PM in TLS 154.


Q: Are you going to have lecture notes on the web?
A: There are two forms of lecture notes available:
1) Chapter activities, outlines, objectives, and key words are available by clicking on the chapter number on the web syllabus. After reading the chapters in the book, these are the second most useful materials to go through before lecture and before exams.
2) Complete lectures in Power Point and Adobe Acrobat format are available in both text and full graphic formats.

Most figures and text are derived from the textbook, so if you have the textbook, you already have my detailed notes!  You shouldn't need to try and redraw complete figures during the lecture.

Because we learn by doing, the best way to learn this material is to take notes in lecture.  If you download these files and do not take notes (i.e. outline the textbook or write during lecture), your exam scores will be lower!


Q: What do I need to know to do well on the exams?

A:
1) Exam questions will be similar to the self quiz practice questions found in A) the textbook, B) the “Interactive Study Partner” CD ROM that came with the textbook (the same questions can be found online at the Campbell web site http://www.biology.com/campbell), and C) the Biology Place "TestFlight" customized chapter quiz.  These questions will both help you to review the material and some variation of them will appear on exams.  Answers for questions in the textbook are found in a key in the back of the book (p. A-1).

2) I will emphasize the topics I consider most important in lecture, so knowing those specific topics will help you the most.

3) You should also know the terms boldfaced in the text and available in the chapter description.  Knowing the language of biology is at least half of the challenge.  You can find glossaries in the back of the textbook (p. G-1), in the “Interactive Study Partner” CD ROM, and at Campbell web site http://www.biology.com/campbell.

Q: What's the best way to get my questions answered (especially right before the exam)?

A: E-mailing me (johnson@oracle.pnb.uconn.edu) turns out to be the best way for a couple of reasons.
    1) Having it in writing helps me to post common questions so that everyone can get answers on the web, and
    2) writing your questions down helps you to start answering the questions yourself.

It's that thing that happens when you go to ask someone a question and before they can even begin, you go “Oh, I get it!”

If you'd like to talk in person, e-mail me to set up an appointment or come during office hours.  You can find a map of where I'm located here (take the orange line to BBS#4 Annex and come to the back of the building, room 187/89, or drive down and park in the specially marked student lot back around and to the left of the main lot).