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** Principles of Naval Weapon Systems (ES300) ** Questions used in the course-wide final examination for ES300 will come exclusively from the attached question bank. IE, THIS IS THE ES300 ORAL FINAL EXAM. Contained in this bank are 54 questions in 4 topic areas. Each student will be required to answer 5 of these questions, selected randomly, with at least 1 selected from each topic area. Answers must be provided without the aid of notes or references. However, the course appendix and a calculator are permitted. Some of the questions require specific information from the instructor for amplification or to make calculations. This information will be provided when the question is assigned to the student. Students should show all work, and list all assumptions. //Most explanations require or are enhanced by a figure or diagram, properly labeled.//
 * DEPARTMENT OF WEAPONS AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING **
 * Final Exam AY 2010 ** **  Information:  **


 * Oral Exam Procedures: **

1. Students will make final exam appointments with their instructors during the semester. The first oral exam will be administered no earlier than the 1st exam period. Depending on instructor choice, more than one student may be examined at the same time. 2. At the appointed oral exam time, five questions will be randomly selected from the ES300 oral exam question bank. Students will be provided time to prepare their answers. Questions may be answered in any order the student chooses. A time limit is not generally imposed. 3. Each selected problem must be answered in full for full credit. Each answer will be graded on a scale of 0-100%. For example, if a question has four parts, and only three parts were correctly answered, then a score ¾ or 75% will be awarded for that question. 4. The instructor may ask “follow-up” questions to clarify the student’s response. If a student only answers 50% of the question, and the instructor chooses to provide “follow-up” questions to determine if the student understands the other 50%, then the student may possibly earn up to half of the points originally missed. IE, for the case of follow-up questions for an initial 50% correct answer, the student may improve their question score up to 75% total by correctly answering the rest of the question via follow-up questions. 5. After all five questions are answered; the average of all of the percentage scores will be used to determine the final oral exam score.

“Challenge the board” procedures: If a student earns an F grade for the first 5 questions, he or she may continue the oral final exam. The instructor will schedule another oral exam with a different instructor at a time the student is available within 48 hours of the original exam. The new instructor will follow the same procedures and grading rubric for five additional randomly selected questions. The “continuation” scores will be provided to the original instructor, who will then determine the student’s oral final exam grade.
 * 1)  90-100%: A, percentage points as earned
 * 2)  80-89%: B, percentage points as earned
 * 3)  70-79%: C, percentage points as earned
 * 4)  60-69%: D, percentage points as earned
 * 5)  0-59%: F, percentage points as earned