This exam will no longer be available beginning August 1, 2009.

If you are considering enrolling in Math 2144, Calculus I, you should take the online test of calculus readiness. The results of this test will be reported to advisors in your college office. The score on this test and other information about your background in mathematics will be used to help decide whether Math 2144 is the correct course for you. If you are a student in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, completion of this test is required prior to orientation and enrollment.

The questions on the test cover topics in algebra and trigonometry: elementary area formulas, surface area and volume of simple solids, perimeter formulas; parabolas and lines; exponential and logarithmic functions and equations; factoring; trigonometric functions, values at special angles, symmetry, basic identities. If it has been a long time since you took courses over this material, you may want to refresh your memory before taking the exam.

This test is designed to be completed without the use of a calculator or reference. You will need some paper for scratchwork. The exam is timed. You have 30 minutes to complete 25 multiple choice questions. You should plan to have an uninterrupted period of about 35 minutes in which to take the exam and a place to take the exam which is free from distractions. Because the exam is designed for advising purposes, you should not receive assistance with any questions on the exam. Such assistance will invalidate the results and may lead to incorrect advising.

Important: The software uses javascript and opens windows. Be sure that any pop-up blocker that you may be using allows http://mapleta3.okstate.edu/ to open windows.
It is also not recommended to try to take the exam over a dial-up connection.

Before taking the calculus readiness exam you should take the practice exam in order to become familiar with the navigation buttons and the types of questions. This will also help you determine whether your browser settings are correct. The practice exam has 10 questions and allows 12 minutes to complete the exam. Before beginning carefully read the Exam Instructions below.
You may take the practice exam as many times as you like.

Exam Instructions

You must have an OSU O-key login and password in order to take the exam. The login is your O-Key Account Username. You should have received information about activating your O-Key account. You can find this Username by logging in to your O-Key account at https://app.it.okstate.edu/okey/ (Circled in red in the example below.)

Important: Your username is not your O-Key email address. Your email address is labelled Login Address: on the O-Key page. See the image above where mstuden is the O-Key Account Username and mary.student@okstate.edu is the Login Address.
Your password is your Okey password.

• Go to the Maple TA login page. (http://mapleta3.okstate.edu/mapleta/)
• Log in using your O-Key Account Username and password.
  If you can not log in make sure that your O-Key account is properly activated. Log into the account to check this. You should be able to log into Maple TA even if your were not pre-registered for the exam. If you cannot log in, check that your O-Key account is working by logging in and by sending email to your O-Key email address. Contact the OSU IT Helpdesk if you have problems.
  
• If you have been pre-registered for the exam, you should see a class named Calculus Readiness for [your college]. Many new freshman with majors requiring calculus were pre-registered automatically.
• If you are not pre-registered for the exam but can log into the Maple TA site, you should contact your college student services office or send email to placement@math.okstate.edu. include your O-Key Account Username, your CWID (below the O-Key Account Username in the screen shot above), O-Key email address and college. (The college, e.g., Arts and Sciences or Engineering, is probably the one that you selected when you applied to OSU. For current students this should be the college which houses your degree program.)
• First try the practice exam.
• Once you begin the exam you should complete it to the best of your ability.
• When you have answered all of the questions or the timer shows that 12 minutes for the practice exam or 30 minutes for actual exam has passed, it is important to click Grade so that your score is properly recorded. (If you have not answered all of the questions, you will be shown a list of questions that were not answered. If you have time remaining, you can return to these questions. If not, click Grade again.) If you do not click grade, it will indicate that either you abandoned the exam or there was a network problem. In either case the recorded score will be considered invalid. After grading you will be shown your score.
• You may want to save the score page or print it. Colleges have access to the scores so even if you do not do this, your college and the mathematics department should still have the score.

 

What do the scores mean?

Based on the experience of students in Calculus I, the current recommendation is the following:
• Score 0 to 10: You should not take Math 2144 until you have completed a prerequisite course or substantial review.
• Score 11 to 15: You should consider an alternative course or do supplementary work to improve your background. Less than half of the students with scores in this range received a grade of C or better in Math 2144.
• Score 16 or more: Attempt Math 2144.

 

If your score is below 16, see this explanation of some options for improving your background or reviewing.

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