The comprehensive questions on the final exam will focus on a selection of the following topics. Not every one of these will necessarily be on the Final, but most will.
(Each topic has some questions from Exams 1–3 associated with it, as indicated. However, this does NOT mean that the questions on the final will be "just like" the indicated Exam questions. They are listed to help clarify the topic, and to give you a place to start your studying.)
| Topic | Exam | Related Question(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Standing waves | 1 | 16, 17 |
| Standing wave resonance (including neighboring harmonics) | 1 | Written A |
| Two source interference, finding maxima and minima | 1 | 10, 18 |
| Phase difference shift in neighboring media | 1 | 22 |
| Thin film interference | 1 | 23 |
| Gauss's law basic application (no symmetry) | 2 | 10, 18 |
| Charged particle kinematics (including constant acceleration) | 2 | 14 |
| Superposition of electric fields | 2 | 16, 17 |
| 3 | 2 | |
| Electric field from spheres and sheets | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | |
| Object integration to get electric field E (see NOTE below) | 2 | 15, Written A |
| Gauss's law to get electric field E | 2 | 19, Written B |
| Energy of assembly for point charges | 3 | 15 |
| Object integration to get electric potential V (see NOTE below) | 3 | Written I |
| Changing capacitors | 3 | Written II |
NOTE: There will definitely be a Written question on the Final Exam askin you to show how to integrate over an object. The question may be about electric field or about electric potential.