Oscilloscope II

Marking Scheme PHYS 1008 Winter 2012

General Comments
This is a SHORT report so no procedure required. The reading errors was 0.1 division on the oscilloscope and 2 on the last stable digit on the frequency generator. The number of significant figure is 2 for the calculation and 1 for results. If the error has the digit 1 as the significant digit, keeping 2 digits is actually better, but not required (e.g. 0.13).

Oscilloscope drawings Make sure they are clean and the scale at which they made their measurement is clear.

Graphs If the error bars are too small, it is ok to mention it somewhere in the caption of the graph. If plotting the two lines for the error (slope max and min) is impractical for this reason, then they should use the smallest division on the graph paper (usually 1mm) to calculate the smallest practical slope measurable and perform calculations from it.

Marking
Max Deduction

Sections
Any section word for word from text No Purpose No Method No Calculations No Discussion No Results Discussion Neatness *Incomplete lab report will get 5%. Come see me -2 -5 Incomplete lab report* Incomplete lab report* Incomplete lab report* mark out of 10 Write it in the report Bonus +1

Section 1 Capacitance of the Coaxial Cable (max 78)

Table with Voltage and time from the oscilloscope, including Vo at to. Error on both Table with ln(V) Error on sigma (ln(V)) = (the error propagation is known to them, its in their book) Derivation of the error propagation of log Graph (see below) *In principle error on a log plot is asymmetrical Error bars are longer below than above. But its ok if its not Calculation of RC constant, RC, from slope Error on slope Calculation of Cc Error on Cc -20 2x-5 -5 -3 bonus +5 max -20

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Log-Log Graphs (max -20)* Units on the log-log are a bit useless since its impossible to Take the log of a quantity with units. Ill accept no units, V, or LN(V) as valid units. All graphs require a descriptive title in sentence form Axes should be labeled and the units shown. The scale should be chosen so that the graph occupies at least 2/3 of the page. The major divisions should be some sensible multiple such as 2, 5, 10, etc. Error Bars The points should be distinct and have error bars. When error bars are too small to plot a comment should be made. The average point must be plotted and labeled. The triangle for the slope calculation should be large. No triangle Max and Min slope lines must be shown unless the points form such a good straight line that drawing them would just produce a thick line -3 -2 each missing axes label

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Section 2 The Diode and DC Power Supply (max 45) Drawing of the effect of the diode w/o Capacitor: Labels missing (voltage, time) Scale missing (V/div and ms/div) Not accurate Drawing of the effect on the circuit w/ diode and Capacitor: Labels missing (voltage, time) Scale missing (V/div and ms/div) Not accurate Measurement of VDC with error Measurement of Vripple with error Calculation of DC signal Quality, Q with error

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