Excel Exams

Using the Excel Exams

Currently there are 14 Excel-based exams available on the ARC site: six for Part 1 of the book, two for Part 2, four for Part 4 and 2 for Part 5. Here is one example, from Part 1 of the book:

Sample Excel Test-- Question Sheet

Sample Excel Test-- Blank Spreadsheet

Sample Excel Test-- Completed Spreadsheet

Additional Excel-based exams will be uploaded as they are developed.

Students prepare for the exams by doing the Excel-based problem sets (and sometimes an Excel-based exam from a previous year.) The exams are timed to take an hour, and are designed to build extra intuition for concepts discussed more abstractly in the class, such as multi-task principal agent problems, sabotage in tournaments, among others. Detailed procedures for administering the exams are provided on the ARC website as well.