Quizzes and Tests

Rules for quizzes and tests

Unless the instructor explicitly says otherwise:

  • Quizzes and tests are completed individually.
  • For an application problem, you will not need to derive the linear system of equations unless the instructor tells you otherwise. When a derivation is not required, the linear system will be provided.
  • Quizzes and tests are closed book, but you may use up to four letter-sized sheets of paper as memory aids. For the final examination, you may use up to eight letter-sized sheets of paper.
  • Calculators and all other electronic devices—including phones, smartwatches, earbuds, tablets, and computers—are not allowed. Silence and place them in a bag under your desk or at the front of the room before the quiz or test begins.
  • Use only materials explicitly permitted for that quiz or test. Do not share materials.
  • Keep your attention on your own work. Do not communicate with another student, look at or copy another student’s work, make your work available to another student, or give or receive assistance. Direct questions to the instructor.

Cheating or attempted cheating—including using an unauthorized device, resource, or assistance—will be handled under the course Academic Integrity, Technology, and AI Usage policy.

Quiz and test schedule

Dates, coverage, time limits, permitted materials, and review resources will be added as each quiz or test is finalized.

Date Quiz or test Coverage Questions and answers
Thu Sep 10 Quiz 1 Systems of Linear Equations and Matrices
Inverses and Invertibility		 Quiz 1 PDF with scores
Thu Sep 17 Test 1 Systems of Linear Equations and Matrices
Inverses and Invertibility
Matrix Structure and Transformations		 Test 1 PDF with scores
Thu Oct 1 Quiz 2 Determinants
Euclidean Vector Spaces through projection onto an affine line; cross products are excluded
Thu Oct 15 Quiz 3 Euclidean Vector Spaces
Vector Spaces, Subspaces, and Span
Thu Oct 29 Test 2 Coverage TBD
Thu Nov 12 Quiz 4 Coverage TBD
Tue Dec 1 Quiz 5 Coverage TBD
TBD Final examination Date, time, and location will be posted when scheduled by the Registrar.
Cumulative, with greater emphasis on material not covered by Test 1 or Test 2.

Examples of question style from other courses

The archived assessments below come from MATH 476, MATH 563, and MATH 565 (Monte Carlo Methods in Finance). They are provided so that you can become familiar with the instructor’s style of questions. They are not MATH 332 practice tests: the topics, level, permitted materials, and course emphasis differ, and archived files may contain errors.

MATH 476 — Statistics

MATH 563 — Mathematical Statistics

MATH 565 — Monte Carlo Methods in Finance

Goal: find which past exams mention a term (e.g., Brownian, Sobol, CLT) inside PDF test and exam files.

The folder assets/tests/archive in the course repository contains subfolders for archived tests from past semesters for MATH 476, MATH 563, and MATH 565. The subfolders are the course numbers, e.g., archive/563 for MATH 563 tests.

Mac (Homebrew) / Linux

One-time setup (install pdfgrep):

brew install pdfgrep

Each time you want to search the archive:

  • Navigate to the root of your local course repository root, then run:
cd assets/tests
  • Use one of the following commands to search the archives:

Search all archives in this repo:

pdfgrep -rniH -C2 'your term here' archive

Search one specific archive folder:

pdfgrep -rniH -C2 'your term here' archive/563

Search multiple archives at once:

pdfgrep -rniH -C2 'your term here' archive/476 archive/563

Examples:

pdfgrep -rniH -C2 'brownian' archive
pdfgrep -rniH -C2 'sobol' archive
pdfgrep -rniH -C2 'central limit|CLT' archive