• University of South Africa

• APM 3712

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2024 APM3712 Mechanics and Calculus of Variations Welcome to the APM3706 examination Date: 15 November 2024 Time: 08: 00 – 10:30 Hours: 2 :30 Examiner name: PROF H JAFARI Internal moderator name: PROF A KUBEKA External moderator name: PROF K C PATIDAR This paper consists of 5 pages (including the cover page). Total marks: 100 Number of pages: 5 Number of Questions: 5 Instructions: • Include reference to additional information sheets if applicable. • You are allowed to use a pocket and non-programming calculator. • No typed solutions will be accepted and the script will be cancelled • You need to declare your honesty regarding writing this paper. • This exam is IRIS invigilated. You must have your camera on for entire duration of the exam. Failure to have your camera on for the duration of the exam, will lead to disciplinary action taken against you. Additional student instructions 1. Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF file (answer scripts must not be password protected or uploaded as “read only” files) 2. Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not be considered. 3. NO emailed scripts will be accepted. 4. Students are advised to preview submissions (answer scripts) to ensure legibility and that the correct answer script file has been uploaded. 5. Incorrect answer scripts and/or submissions made on unofficial examinations platforms (including the invigilator cell phone application) will not be marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission. Only the last answer file uploaded within the stipulated submission duration period will be marked. 6. Mark awarded for incomplete submission will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will be granted. 7. Mark awarded for illegible scanned submission will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will be granted. 8. Submissions will only be accepted from registered student accounts. 9. Students who have not utilised the proctoring tool will be deemed to have transgressed Unisa’s examination rules and will have their marks withheld. If a student is found to have been outside the proctoring tool for a total of 10 minutes during their examination session, they will be considered to have violated Unisa’s examination rules and their marks will be withheld. For examinations which use the IRIS invigilator system, IRIS must be recording throughout the duration of the examination until the submission of the examinations scripts. 10. Students have 48 hours from the date of their examination to upload their invigilator results from IRIS. Failure to do so will result in students deemed not to have utilized the proctoring tools. 11. Students suspected of dishonest conduct during the examinations will be subjected to disciplinary processes. Students may not communicate with any other person or request assistance from any other person during their examinations. Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity and students who plagiarise, copy from published work or Artificial Intelligence Software (eg ChatGPT) or online sources (eg course material), will be in violation of the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student Disciplinary Code and may be referred to a disciplinary hearing. Unisa has a zero tolerance for plagiarism and/or any other forms of academic dishonesty. 12. Listening to audio (music) and making use of audio-to-text software is strictly prohibited during your examination session unless such usage of the software is related to a student’s assistive device which has been so declared. Failure to do so will be a transgression of Unisa’s examination rules and the student's marks will be withheld. 13. Students are provided 30 minutes to submit their answer scripts after the official examination time. Students who experience technical challenges should report the challenges to the SCSC on 080 000 1870 or their College exam support centres (refer to the Get help during the examinations by contacting the Student Communication Service Centre [unisa.ac.za]) within 30 minutes. Q