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GEOG 111 Final Exam Format: Timing: The final exam in GEOG 111 is designed to be written in 2 hours and will be completed online within the CANVAS system under the ‘Final Exam’ assignment. Everyone in the class is scheduled to write the exam at the same time. You must be logged into CANVAS and ready to write the exam at the appropriate time. Late arrivals to the start time will have less than the full 2 hours to complete the exam. See the online exam schedule or the CANVAS website for the exam date and time.

Exam Format: The exam will consist of ~60 multiple choice questions and several diagram-based question where you will be asked to label and explain a diagram we have studied in class. The only material you need to write this exam is a pencil, eraser and your brain. No other outside materials are necessary. Functionally, due to the challenges of online exams, this exam can be considered open-book; however, students are expected to work on their own and should prepare for the exam as though it were an in-class exam. Many of the questions require you to logically work through a response, not just recall an answer. Furthermore, there will likely not be enough time to consistently look up answers for the questions on the exam. Communication with other students during the exam, using materials not allowed or otherwise disrupting the exam will result in a failing grade for the examination. For information on what constitutes exam disallowed activities, please see SFU Policy 4.1.2 under the following link: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

Study Resources: Lecture notes are provided on the CANVAS website. Use the learning objectives at the beginning of each lecture to help you guide what to study. All material covered in weekly modules and readings is material that may be covered on the final exam. Readings from the textbook are given in the syllabus schedule each week. Do these readings and review the material, especially as it relates to what we discuss in each module. Visit your TA and your instructor during office hours (or by appointment) if you have any questions. Email questions work also, but sometimes it is just easier to explain things in person.

Exam Material: Material covered will be based on lectures and readings from the course (See the syllabus outline).

There is some overlap between lab and lecture material; however, lab material in general will be tested on the lab exam. This means you will not be expected to do lab-based calculations on the final exam. Therefore, a calculator, formula sheet etc. is not necessary for the final exam. Some material is common between both the lecture and lab. Example 1: we discussed the Analemma chart in both lecture and you used it in your lab. Therefore, it may be used in questions on the final exam. Example 2: We calculated topographic slope/gradient in lab, but did not do this in lecture, therefore it will may be covered on the lab final (but won’t be tested on the Final Exam). Multiple choice questions will test your ability to both recall and define material discussed in class and to logically deduce conclusions based on ideas/theory discussed in class. Some example questions are given below. These are the types of questions you can expect on the multiple choice section of the exam. Example 1: Recall and Define What term refers to when the Earth is closest to the Sun in its yearly orbit? a. Apogee d. Aphelion e. Analemma b. Perigee c. Perihelion Example 2: Logically Deduce Using a globe with an R/F of 1:4 300 000 you measure the map distance between Vancouver and Tokyo, without converting it to ground distance. You then compare that distance to a paper mapsheet with an R/F of 1:40 000. The paper mapsheet is a scale than the globe and the distance measured directly on the paper mapsheet is than the distance measured directly on the globe. a. Smaller/Smaller b. Larger/Larger c. Larger/Smaller

d. Smaller/Larger e. Same/Same...