PARTIAL EXAMS
There has been many questions concerning the partial exams; therefore, some clarifications are given here.
The partial exams are being tested in the course this year. The main idea of the partial exams is to reduce the stress during the final exam for students aiming for a higher grade, by allowing students to focus on part II instead of doing part I and II during the same time---the risk is then that too much effort is put on part II and that the student fails the exam. A secondary objective of the partial exams is to encourage students to study continuously.
The three partial exams are together equivalent to first part of the final exam. (You may consider the partial exams as an extra occasion for writing the final exam, but divided in three parts of one hour each.) The problems are of the same type and give the same score as the correspondinig problem in the final exam:
- KS1
- Problem 1: Structure of an electricity market, 4 points
- Problem 2: Electricity pricing, 6 points
- Problem 3: Frequency control, 6 points
- KS2
- Problem 4: Short-term planning, 12 points
- KS3
- Problem 5: Simulation of electricity markets, 12 points
Students who obtain a total score of at least 33 points in the three partial exams can skip the first part of the exam. Students who receive less than 33 points will have to rewrite the entire first part of the exam. Students may also choose to rewrite part I of the exam in order to improve their score; in the final score of the exam, the best result will be used of the partial exams or part I of the actual exam.
The aids allowed during the partial exams are the same as for the final exam:
- Calculator without information relevant to the course.
- One handwritten, single-sided A4-page with your own notes (original, not a copy), which should be handed in together with the exam.
Please notice that it is mandatory to sign up for the partial exams using KTH My pages!