Final Exam Overview

Kitten studying for final examThis is an OPTIONAL exam, worth up to 500 points.

  • Opens: Friday, May 8 at 12:00 am (midnight).
  • Due: Wednesday,  May 13 at 11:59pm. No grace period.

Material Covered 

The Final Exam is comprehensive, covering all of the textbook readings from this term. The questions are randomly taken from the same test banks as the questions on the reading quizzes. The test includes 25 questions, and each question is worth 20 points.

The chapters to review are as follows:

  • Chapter 1: Understanding the Technical Communication Environment
  • Chapter 2: Understanding Ethical and Legal Considerations
  • Chapter 3: Writing Technical Documents
  • Chapter 5: Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose
  • Chapter 6: Researching Your Subject
  • Chapter 7: Organizing Your Information
  • Chapter 8: Communicating Persuasively
  • Chapter 9: Emphasizing Important Information
  • Chapter 11: Designing Print and Online Documents
  • Chapter 12: Creating Graphics
  • Chapter 14: Writing Correspondence
  • Chapter 16: Writing Proposals
  • Chapter 17: Writing Informational Reports
  • Chapter 18: Writing Recommendation Reports
  • Chapter 20: Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions
  • Chapter 21: Managing Oral Presentations

Logistics

All work and participation in this course is governed by the Undergraduate Honor System.

There is no grace period for your final exam. Your final exam must be submitted by the due date (11:59 PM on Wednesday, May 13) so that I can turn course grades in on time.

Please empty your cache before taking the final exam.  Your final exam may time out unexpectedly if you do not. If you experience technical challenges, contact 4HELP immediately. I cannot help with technical issues, but 4HELP may be able to.

The following guidelines apply to the final:

  • The exam is open book, open notes, open browser. However it should be your own work (e.g., not “open discussion with others in the class”).
  • You will have multiple attempts—an infinite number of them. Take the exam over and over and over until you are happy with the points you have earned. Canvas will assign the highest number of points to the gradebook.
  • You will have unlimited time. Take 30 minutes or take 3 hours—your choice. The only limitation is that you must finish by the deadline of 11:59PM on Wednesday, May 13. There is no grace period.
  • Your exam will consist of 25 questions taken from the reading quizzes. Each question is worth 20 points each. Question 26 asks you to affirm the Honor Pledge. (The original version of the exam was 125 questions, worth 4 points each.)
  • You will have different questions on different attempts at the exam. The questions are pulled randomly from question banks.

Decide Whether to Take the Final Exam

The Final Exam is completely optional. If you are happy with your points total by the last day of classes, you do not need to take the exam. The Final Exam is worth 500 points. If additional points will move you to your goal for the course, give the Final Exam a try. You cannot lose points in this system.

As a final example, let’s say Test Student still have 6723 total points at the end of the term. She decides to take the Final Exam, since she can move into the C- range if she does well enough. If she does not do well on the Final, her grade will not be any lower.

Assessment

Since this final exam is optional, your grade on this final will be set to zero. If your final exam is not submitted by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, May 13, the zero grade for the final exam will stand.

If you take the exam, your final exam grade (and your course grade) will change immediately once you submit your exam.

Related Policies

  • Late exams are not accepted.
  • There are no make-up exams.
  • I do not round grades.
  • Grades are not negotiable.
  • There is no additional extra credit in this course.