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Bonus: (worth up to 5 points) Please ignore that this question says it is out of 0 points. I will be manually adding the points during the grading process.   As this exam occurs right after Valentine’s Day, love is on my mind.  Tell me, what do you love about Astronomy?  Rubric:  Be very clear with your response, and fully explain your thoughts using at least 3 sentences to receive the full 5 points. General or vague responses will not be scored favorably. I am giving you the space to share your personal connection to our course material. Take advantage of this opportunity with a detailed answer! If you use AI to write your essay, you will receive a 0 on the entire exam and be reported for scholastic dishonesty, which could result in academic disciplinary actions. 

Calculate the power per square meter of an object with a peak temperature of `T`K. Input Instructions:  Round your answer to the nearest whole number using standard rounding conventions.  Use standard comma placements if necessary.  You will discuss units in the next question. For example: 1,416. Do not use any words, letters, or E, or scientific notation in your answer. Just a number. 

When looking at the night sky, stars are easily distinguishable from planets by their twinkling appearance.  This is mostly due to

For the COVID example we did in class, say that the entire US population size is 10000. Let’s change the test accuracy to 96%, i.e. P(T|D)=P(T^c|D^c)=0.96. 1200 people have the disease (12% from our example), 1152 people have the disease and test positive (96% true positive rate). What is P(D|T), that is the probability of having the disease given that you test positive using the Bayes’ rule? Use the tree diagram. 

What is the dose of the medication listed on the label below (including units)?  

A 48-year-old female patient has been admitted to the emergency department with the following blood gas results: pH 7.54 PaC02 29 mm Hg , Pa02 86 mm Hg, HC03 24 mEq/L. How would you interpret the results? 

The nurse administers oral penicillin to a client. Thirty minutes after administration, the client reports, “I itch all over. I feel like my lips are swollen.” Which is the most likely cause of the client’s symptoms?

In 3-4 sentences write about something that you studied that was not on this exam. 

What is a challenge in working with Big Data on mobile devices?

 In what way is context information different from traditional information sources?