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MoMoney$$$;)0) wrote: January 30th, 2020, 7:24 am I need immediate help finding a good condensed formula sheet. Any immediate help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I would recommend looking for Physics E&M formula sheets from College Board or other sources. You may need multiple to have everything you need.
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mrsherwood18 wrote: January 23rd, 2020, 1:14 pm Does anybody know a good way to learn this event really fast, I got thrown into this event 1 week before a competition and would like to do well
The videos posted on the Science Olympiad TV channel are a very good introduction if you don't know anything at all about circuits/circuit lab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP8aC0U-BNI&t=1s

However, tests may be more advanced so you'll have to turn to textbooks/other sources.
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Team participated in an invitational on circuit lab B, and I noticed some emphasis was placed on logic/boolean operations. The syllabus for division B says otherwise. "The syllabus says Division C only: Basic logic and digital logic operations "
I also noticed some of the past papers for circuit B to also have boolean operations

Is it something the team needs to study going forward in preparation for the regionals? or is there a miscommunication between the people setting the tests and the people who created the syllabus?
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dreamtx01 wrote: January 31st, 2020, 12:11 pm Team participated in an invitational on circuit lab B, and I noticed some emphasis was placed on logic/boolean operations. The syllabus for division B says otherwise. "The syllabus says Division C only: Basic logic and digital logic operations "
I also noticed some of the past papers for circuit B to also have boolean operations

Is it something the team needs to study going forward in preparation for the regionals? or is there a miscommunication between the people setting the tests and the people who created the syllabus?
I have seen quite a few tests which contain material not in the rules, restricted to Div C, or flat-out banned. I would say that it would be a good idea to have a basic knowledge of the Div C topics, or even just a couple pages in the binder--preparedness never hurts. I wouldn't spend a ton of time on it, though; at most competitions, the rules will be followed.
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Circuit Lab C Exam, Key, and stats from the Solon Invitational can be found here
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Creationist127 wrote: January 31st, 2020, 1:10 pm I have seen quite a few tests which contain material not in the rules, restricted to Div C, or flat-out banned. I would say that it would be a good idea to have a basic knowledge of the Div C topics, or even just a couple pages in the binder--preparedness never hurts. I wouldn't spend a ton of time on it, though; at most competitions, the rules will be followed.
At regionals, if off-syllabus questions come up, it's worth taking it to arbitration. You might get the illegal question excluded from the score.
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Circuit Lab C exam, key, and distributions from the Princeton Invitational can be found here.
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How math dependent is this event? Do you need to be good at math to be good at this event?
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You will need to do calculations for circuits, using laws such as Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Laws, but you should keep a lot of theory in your binder too. It will help.
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Has anyone seen the Thevenin & Norton equivalent circuits on any tests (div B)? It’s on the national list of topics, but I haven’t seen it on any tests (regionals, invys).
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