SECURITIES
REGULATION
TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Pick-up
and drop-off procedures. This is a 24-hour take-home exam.
You can pick up (and later drop off) the exam with my secretary
Ms. Cynthia Ring (Room 3317) from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on any
of the following dates. She will note the time you pick
up the exam. You will then have twenty-four (24) hours from
that time to drop it off with her.
Pick-up
dates
Monday, Apr 30 through Thursday, May 3
Monday, May 7 through Thursday, May 10
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Drop-off
dates
Tuesday, May 1 through Friday, May 4
Tuesday, May 8 trhough
Friday, May 11 |
For example,
if you pick up the exam at 10:30 am on Tuesday, May 1, you
must drop it off by 10:30 am on Wednesday, May 2. If you
are late, Ms. Ring will note this.
For every hour or part of
an hour that your exam is late, I will lower your grade by 10
points. (For example, an exam that is 1 hour, 4 minutes late
would result in a loss of 20 points.) Please save
us this anguish and return your exam on time! |
2.
Open book exam - no research. You may refer to any materials
that you had when you picked up the exam: casebook,
statutory supplement, treatises, study aids, notes, outlines
-- including any materials accessible from the course website.
The materials you use can be hand-written, typed, printed or
stored electronically. You may not, however, conduct any additional
research during the exam.
3. Vow
of silence. Once you have picked up your exam, you
may not communicate about the exam with anyone until after the
exam period, which ends at 3:00 pm on Friday, May 11. Nothing, nada, not at all! Moreover, if you have
not taken the exam, you must avoid any communications about the course and exam with anyone
who already has taken it. This rule is overbroad.
It applies even if both of you have taken the exam. In
addition, you may not make a copy of your exam, which you must
return when you turn in your paper.
4. The
exam. The exam is divided into two parts.
(1)
Short essays. The first part is a series of six questions
that call for short essays. The suggested word count
is 200 words for each question.
(2)
Long essay. The second part consists of one question calling
for a longer essay. The suggested word count is 800
words.
You will
have time to review and modify your answers. Organization, succinctness
and thorough analysis will be at a premium.
5. Budget
your words. Each question has a suggested line count and word
count in parentheses -- this is also the weight I will give to
each answer.
| |
Word
count |
Word
total |
| Short
essays - 6 |
200
words / question |
1200
words |
| Long
essays - 1 |
800
words / essay |
800 words |
| TOTAL |
|
2000
words |
You can allocate
lines and words to the exam answers as you choose, but the exam's
total word limit is 2000 words. (For Word "File
- Properties - Statistics".)
6. Format
your exam paper. Number your answers clearly. Observe standard
margins. Single-space your answers; double-space between
answers. Back up frequently -- really! Your
paper should include a header as follows: SecReg
- Palmiter (Spring 2012) Exam # _______
In addition,
at the top of the first page, include the following:
- state
the paper's total word count
- hand-write
your exam number -- your acknowledgement that you have read,
understood and complied with these exam instructions and your
honor code obligations in taking this exam.
7. When you
finish. Keep an electronic copy of your exam paper. Print
your paper and turn it into my secretary Ms. RIng, along
with the exam itself.
HAVE
FUN!
GOOD LUCK!
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