Please be advised that Douglas College is temporarily suspending face-to-face student services. The Math 11 Exemption test is currently offered online via Blackboard using the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor using your personal computer and web camera.
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Summer 2020
The Math 11 Exemption test is available on Douglas College Blackboard for you to take at your convenience until August 19, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.
To book your test, visit the How to Book an Assessment page.
We strongly advise that if you need this for course pre-requisites, you should write your test before priority registration starts on June 23, 2020 so that you do not risk classes filling before you have written your assessment. The test offer will expire as of 11:59 pm on August 19, 2020, when this semester ends, whether you have completed it or not. You have the choice of when you take it, within the above parameters.
Who should write/What the test is designed to do
The Math 11 Exemption test is a 3-hour exam equivalent in breadth and rigor to the Final Exam written by students who are completing B.C. Foundations of Math 11 (or Douglas College MATU 0411 for credit). The Exemption test generates both a percent score and a corresponding letter grade using equivalences that are standard across the College. Passing the Exemption test (with a grade of C or better) results in a standing which is equivalent to having passed the B.C. Foundations of Math 11 course itself (or with a grade of C- or better results in a standing which is equivalent to having passed Douglas College MATU 0411); that is, the results from the Exemption test may be used to meet specific prerequisites at Douglas College. Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing applicants must score 38-39 (75-79%) to achieve a grade of B. Dispensing Optician and Hospitality Management applicants must score 28-29 to achieve a grade of C-.
Who should not write/What the test is NOT designed to do
It is not one of the “program (math) readiness assessments” which specific departments have instituted for their students alone: e.g. Commerce and Business, HIMP, VTEC and PSYC 2300. For information about a “program readiness assessment”, please consult the Assessment Services website at http://www.douglascollege.ca/study-at-douglas/register/canadian-students/assessment-testing/individual-test-information or the particular department involved.
It is not a “course challenge” for obtaining course credit. For information on “course challenge”, please contact the Office of the Registrar.
What it tests
The test consists of questions drawn from the following topics:
- Simplifying expressions:rational expressions, expressions with roots and/or positive, negative or rational exponents, complex fractions, excluded values in radical and rational expressions
- Factoring polynomials
- Solving equations:linear, quadratic, radical, rational, exponential (with the variable as base or as exponent), literal and systems of equations
- Direct, inverse and joint variation
- Functions: function notation, evaluating functions, finding domain and range of polynomial, radical and rational functions
- Graphing: linear functions, quadratic functions of the formy =a(x−p)2 + q, completing the square, determining
- Trigonometry: right-triangle trigonometry, solving trig equations over the domain: 0≤θ≤360° and θ∈ R, solving oblique triangles using the law of sines and the law of cosines
- Statistics: average, standard deviation, normal distribution and probability
- Problem solving: using proportional reasoning, rates, scale factors, area, volume and patterns
Preparation for the test
Books entitled Intermediate Algebra or College Algebra can help you review for the test. Local public libraries will have these available.
Format of the test
It is a 50 question multiple-choice test with a time limit of 3 hours.
Test results
Results will be provided immediately after the assessment is marked and entered on your student record.
The conversion of percent score to letter grades is as follows:
| A+ | 95-100% (48 to 50) | B+ | 80-84% (40 to 42) | C+ | 65-69% (33 to 34) | P | 50-54% (25 to 27) |
| A | 90-94% (45 to 47) | B | 75-79% (38 to 39) | C | 60-64% (30 to 32) | F | 0-49% (0 to 24) |
| A- | 85-89% (43 to 44) | B- | 70-74% (35 to 37) | C- | 55-59% (28 to 29) |
What to bring to the test
Please bring your Douglas College student number, photo identification (driver's license, passport or Douglas College student card), a pen and pencil, a scientific calculator but not a graphing calculator. The invigilator will provide scratch paper which will be collected when you complete the test.
Testing policy
Students may take an assessment for admission to courses and/or programs a maximum of two times within a two year period, with a minimum of 4 months between tests. Students who believe extenuating circumstances exist may contact the Registrar to request special consideration or exemption to this policy.
Ready to book?
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