Study Guides (sample multiple-choice questions)
Quiz and Test Results
How to calculate your grade
You can earn a maximum of 100 points.
- Take all your 11 miniquizzes and skip the two worst scores, i.e. only the 9 best
are considered for the final grade.
Points for miniquizzes: sum of all quizzes / 45 * 10%
- Points for Test 1 and 2: Score 1 / 30 * 10% + Score 2 / 35 * 20%
- Points for Final: score / 50 * 30%
- Homework Assignments: score / 120 * 30%
- Below are the breakpoints for the grades:
| Grade |
Breakpoints
(Spring '07) |
Breakpoints
(Fall 2007) |
Breakpoints
(Fall 2008) |
Breakpoints
(Fall 2009) |
| A/A- |
83.0 |
83.0 |
84.0 |
84.0 |
| A-/B+ |
79.0 |
78.0 |
78.0 |
80.0 |
| B+/B |
76.0 |
73.5 |
72.0 |
76.0 |
| B/B- |
71.0 |
70.0 |
67.0 |
72.0 |
| B-/C+ |
67.0 |
66.0 |
64.0 |
70.0 |
| C+/C |
64.0 |
63.0 |
61.0 |
67.0 |
| C/C- |
57.0 |
58.0 |
57.0 |
64.0 |
| C-/D+ |
49.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
58.0 |
| D+/D |
- |
45.0 |
45.0 |
57.0 |
| D/D- |
- |
43.0 |
40.0 |
50.0 |
| D-/F |
42.0 |
30.0 |
35.0 |
48.0 |