About Exams
About the Midterm Examination
(ACCT 2101, Principles
of Accounting I, Annette Maddox)
You must submit Lessons 1 through 5 before requesting the midterm. Please resubmit
any lessons on which you received an incomplete. Make an appointment to take
your examination with a university or college testing facility near you and
submit the Midterm Examination Request form to IDL. You will want to schedule
three hours for your midterm. IDL will send you a letter of confirmation indicating
what materials you may use during the examination and will contact you if there
is any problem associated with your request. Be sure to review your Student
Handbook for additional important information and detailed instructions
on requesting, scheduling, and taking IDL examinations.
The midterm examination will consist of multiple-choice and
homework-type problems. The multiple-choice questions will contain concept or
terminology questions and short problems. The short problems will require you
to compute a numerical answer. Thirty percent of your points will come from
multiple choice and seventy percent from problems.
In order for you to be successful on the midterm, you MUST be
able to do your homework from scratch. Many students make the mistake of studying
with their homework in front of them the entire time. However, you will not
be given any templates or formulas on the exam, only blank paper. Thus, it is
essential that you fully understand the material before you attempt the exam.
Be sure you show all of your work on the problems. If you get something wrong
and no work is shown, I cannot give any partial credit. So, every time you go
to your calculator, write it down!
I recommend working the comprehensive problems to study for
the exam. Test yourself with Comprehensive Problem 1-5 on page 233 and Comprehensive
Problem 6-8 on page 391.
Here are check figures for Problem 1-5:
Trial Balance Total = $272,665 (debits and credits)
Net Income = $33,660
Earnings per share = $2.24
Total Assets = $155,925
Retained Earnings = $61,685
Post Closing Trial Balance = $155,925 (debits and credits)
Here are check figures for Problem 6-8:
Trial Balance Total = $226,197 (debits and credits)
Net Income = $18,058
Total Assets = $115,450
Retained Earnings = $39,345
Bad Debt Expense = $77
Plan on staying the full three hours for the exam. Please use
a pencil and bring a calculator to the exam. Good luck!
About the Final
(FDNS 2100, Human Nutrition and Food,
Barbara Grossman)
Before requesting a final examination you must submit all lessons.
Please resubmit any lessons on which you received an incomplete. IDL will send
you a letter of confirmation indicating what materials you may use during the
examination and will contact you if there is any problem associated with your
request. You will want to arrange to take the final at least 30 days before
the date you need your course grade, and you should schedule three hours for
your exam, although you may not need the entire time. Remember, you must pass
the final examination in order to pass the course, regardless of grades earned
on the lessons or midterm. Be sure to review your Student Handbook for
additional important information and detailed instructions on requesting, scheduling,
and taking IDL examinations.
The final exam consists of 75 multiple-choice questions and
one calculation question. It is worth 400 points. The majority of questions
will draw on material from Lessons 5 through 8, but you should review how to
do the calculations covered in earlier lessons (e.g., percentage of calories
from protein, carbohydrate, and fat), as these are necessary for answering questions
from Lesson 6. You may bring a calculator with you to use during the examination.
As with the midterm, the majority of the questions cover the
same concepts as the self-assessments and written assignments but are not identical
to the questions in the course guide. When reviewing the multiple-choice questions,
it may be helpful to know not only the correct answer but also why each of the
other options is incorrect. Good luck!
