As our Professor explained:

The test will take place over two class periods: Monday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 18.
The problems will come from the following sections:

3 Questions on Previously Covered Material (M)
5 Questions on Curve-Sketching (M)
3 Questions on Absolute Extrema (M)
3 Questions on Optimization
2 Questions on Differential Approximation
2 Questions on Angles and Intro to Trig

Personally, I plan on going back through my notes from the beginning of class, forward, because I feel I’ve forgotten a lot from the very beginning of class. Not forgotten how to do it, necessarily, but forgotten specifics that I need to know. Since it’s not an open-note test, I should probably refresh. I also plan on reviewing the last 2 exams and specifically looking at the questions I missed so that I can get those down perfectly.

Here’s a list of things I plan on doing in bullet point, study tips from a girl with (so far) an A in this class:

  • Go over notes, rework practice equations
  • Go over old tests, rework missed problems
  • Memorize quadratic equation
  • Go to MathXL.com and rework most of the homework problems covered by this Exam (and possibly older homework if there is time)
  • Do some of the Optimization problems in the book (so I can look them up in the answer key to know I’m doing it right).
  • Get a lot of sleep both Sunday and Tuesday night
  • Eat a balanced breakfast before class, and probably something sugary right before the test (like a banana or candy in a pinch) – it’s proven to boost memory

That’s pretty much it. Testing can be anxiety-inducing if you let it (thus you shouldn’t eat TOO much candy or it will make it worse), but if you are prepared, you have nothing to worry about, and the anxiety factor kind of goes out the window. I’m planning on doing a post (if I have time) on the Trig stuff we just learned. Hope you all are doing well with the pre-exam studying!