SYLLABUS for CHEMISTRY 001B

Section 040, Spring 2017

Professor Q. Jason Cheng: 951-827-2702

Class email contact: quan.cheng@ucr.edu
Class WebSite: iLearn.ucr.edu

EXAM DATES ARE:

MIDTERM 1 Wednesday, April 26, 2017

MIDTERM 2 Wednesday, May 17, 2017

FINAL EXAM - Tuesday, June 13; 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

For exams and quizzes, there are no makeups, no exceptions, and no alternate times.

The first lecture meeting is on Monday, April 3, 3:10 p.m. - 04:00 p.m., MSE 104

In the sections that follow:

A. CLASS GENERAL INFORMATION AND PREREQUISITES

B. SCHEDULE
C. CLASS PERSONNEL
D. CLASS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES
E. CLASS EXPECTATIONS AND GRADING POLICY
F. CLASS SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESS
G. REVIEW SUGGESTIONS FOR EXAMS
H. CHEATING

A. CLASS GENERAL INFORMATION AND PREREQUISITES

PROFESSOR: Q. Jason Cheng, Department of Chemistry

TEACHING ASSISTANTS: Kevin Chalek and Timothy Cholko

DESCRIPTION: CHEM001B is the second course in a three-quarter sequence for General Chemistry. The
course covers topics including Advanced Theories of Covalent Bonding, Gases, Liquids and Solids,
Solutions and Colloids, Thermodynamics, and Kinetics. There are three 50-minute lecture periods (Cheng)
and one 50-min discussion session (by TA) each week. The lecture and discussion points are all included in
the single 4 unit grade for Chemistry 1B.

COURSE GOALS: The general goal of CHEM001B is to continue your training in general chemistry, in
particular beginning to master the basic concepts and problem solving skills required in chemistry, as well as
gaining a more complete understanding of fundamental concepts such as the nature of matter and how
interactions between matter result in chemical bonds and reactions. Successful completion of this course will
give you the background needed to continue exploring the nature of matter and chemical reactions in Chem
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001C, and will also give you conceptual understanding which will prepare you for organic chemistry
(chemistry majors, pre-med students, biochemistry majors) and physical chemistry (chemistry majors).
PREREQUISITES: grades of "C-" or better in CHEM 001A and CHEM 01LA or grades of "C-" or better
in CHEM 01HA and CHEM 1HLA
CLASSROOM: 104 Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
CLASS TIME: 3:10 p.m. - 04:00 p.m., MWF
DISCUSSION: 50 minutes per week. The discussion sections will include problem solving, group work, and
quizzes. There will be separate iLearn websites for the lecture section and for each discussion section. You
must attend your first discussion section the week of April 3 or you will be dropped from discussion and
lecture (1B) and lab (1LB).

Note for the separate Laboratory Course (Chemistry 1LB): Professor Cheng is not in charge of
Chemistry 1LB. This is a separate (co-requisite) course with SEPARATE GRADING. Dr. Simpson,
Department of Chemistry, is in charge of 1LB. You must attend your first 1LB lab section the week of April
3 or you will be dropped from lecture/discussion (1B) and lab (1LB).

B. CHEMISTRY 1B WINTER 2016 SCHEDULE

PROFESSOR Quan Jason Cheng

Textbook: OpenStax, Chemistry. ISBN-10: 1938168399

Note that some chapter sections may be skipped; these will be announced and corresponding homework will
not be assigned.

Holidays: Monday, May 29, 2017 is holiday no lab meetings or lectures

Lectures will start promptly at 3:10pm and will end no later than 4:00pm. Students are welcome to ask
Professor Cheng questions before and after class (but not when he is setting up and taking down the
computer and other media resources). The format will be modified powerpoint plus blackboard/whiteboard
writing. There will also be some problem solving in lecture as well as lecture demonstrations.

The daily lecture schedule will appear in advance on iLearn. The main day to day communication is
under the Announcements and Schedule/Homework tabs that are found on the iLearn site. Students should
consult the iLearn site daily to keep up with class developments. Not all chapter/text topics will be addressed
in lecture. However students are responsible for all chapter topics unless certain topics are specifically
skipped. Skipped sections/topics will be announced in class and on iLearn. Assigned homework problems are
a good guide to the main emphases and to the exam content.

Chemistry 1B will cover six chapters in the textbook. The textbook Chapter titles and likely order of
coverage are:

Chapter 8: Advanced Theories of Covalent Bonding

Chapter 9: Gases
Chapter 10: Liquids and Solids
Chapter 11: Solutions and Colloids
Chapter 16: Thermodynamics
Chapter 12: Kinetics
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 C. CLASS PERSONNEL

LECTURE INSTRUCTOR: Professor Q. Jason Cheng, Department of Chemistry.

Professor Cheng CONTACTS: Students may make appointments for non-scheduled office hours with Prof.
Cheng by talking to him before or after class, or by email (be sure to include your full name in your email).
The by-appointment office hours will be in Professor Chengs office, Chemical Sciences 324.

Telephone: (951)-827-2702 , E-mail: quan.cheng@ucr.edu

Prof. Cheng Faculty Office: Chemical Sciences Room 324
PROF. CHENG REGULARLY SCHEDULED OFFICE HOURS:
Wednesday 1:10pm 2:00pm, Thursday 10:10am 11:00am, Chemical Sciences 324

ACADEMIC COORDINATOR (Chemistry 1 enrollment, scheduling details, lab problems): Dr. Kevin
Simpson Office: 1309 Pierce Hall; Telephone: (951) 827-3539
CHEMISTRY STOCKROOM COORDINATOR: Allen Nassimian, 1347A Pierce Hall; (951) 827-3592
TA/DISCUSSION TEACHING ASSISTANTS: Kevin Chalek and Timothy Cholko

TEACHING ASSISTANT HELP SESSIONS: HOURS/ROOM: Hours TBA/Room TBA. The Chemistry
1B Discussion TA and 1LB Lab TAs will have one or two hours per week for Help Sessions. The TAs will
announce and post their office hours. You may go to any Chemistry 1B Discussion or Lab TA or to Professor
Cheng for help with the lecture or lab parts of the class.

D. CLASS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES

* Required materials are marked with an asterisk:

Lecture:

*1. Textbook: OpenStax, Chemistry. Publish Date: 2015-03-11; ISBN-10: 1938168399

*2. SCANTRON Test Grading Forms (1 pack): Form 882-E, green print type (Bookstore). You only need
about 10 individual scantron forms, at most.

*3. A scientific calculator with exponents and logarithms. In general, a calculator that costs not more than
$20 is adequate, as long as it is "scientific". TI-8X or TI-9X graphing calculators (or Casio, etc. equivalents)
may be used, but you are not allowed to have stored data on the calculator at examinations/quizzes. If you
do have such data and the TA detects that (they will check), you will be given a zero on the exam/quiz. It is
important to be already comfortable with the calculator that you are using for exams and quizzes, rather than
to be struggling during exams with calculator procedures for certain mathematical operations.

*4. A UCR clicker for clicker questions in class.

 E. CLASS EXPECTATIONS AND GRADING POLICY

1. Attendance/Participation:
Laboratory and Discussion:-You must attend your first laboratory and discussion sessions or you will be
dropped from the 1B and 1LB.
Exams -You must be present for all exams. There are no makeup exams.
Lecture-You should make every effort to attend each lecture. The lecture highlights the most important parts
of the material, and lecture demonstrations are sometimes used for emphasis. Often the professor will work
problems and mention topics that are likely to be on exams. Chemistry students who regularly attend lecture
consistently earn higher grades in the class. If there are n lectures scheduled for a chapter, assume that about
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1/n of the chapter will be discussed in order in each of the lectures. In preparation for the class, IN
ADVANCE of the lecture, students should read the corresponding parts of the chapter and attempt the
corresponding in-chapter Sample/Follow-up problems, and end-of-chapter suggested homework problems.
So, for example, for the second lecture of a three lecture chapter, students should come to the second lecture
having read that middle part of the chapter and having attempted the appropriate problems that correspond to
those sections.

2. Examinations. (700 points) No make up exams are given. The scheduled exam days/times will not
change. An examination key will be available on iLearn after the exams are graded (mid-term exams only).
Questions regarding returned exams must be submitted to the TA during the discussion period during or
following the return of the exams or Scantrons. Do not write or erase ANYTHING on the returned exam or
Scantron. All exams and/or Scantrons may be photocopied before they are returned, and any request for
regrade will be compared to the original. Any change on the original paper or Scantron that is submitted for
regrade consideration is cheating and will result in an F for the course.

Three examinations will be given (150, 150, and 400 points for midterm 1, midterm 2, and final exam). Each
will contain all multiple choice" questions (Scantron marking will be used for multiple choice; these
problems are graded right or wrong, no partial credit). Students will be told in advance what the exam
coverage will be. The emphasis is on understanding and familiarity-not memorization. You must be able to
efficiently analyze, set up and solve, not just memorize. Success requires prior practice with homework
problems. The use of units and significant figures is required. See above Section D.3. for calculator policy.

During the midterm and final examinations, you must have a picture ID immediately available. You can only
have visual or tactile access to the exam pages or scratch paper that we hand out, to a pencil/eraser (no pens
for Scantrons!!), to your Scantron form, and to your calculator. You may not have any access to a cell phone,
Bluetooth, IR or WiFi device, or to any other network or other device that can transmit anything by any kind
of wireless protocol. If you have a cell phone, it must be turned off and placed in a bag or place where
neither you nor anyone else can see it or hear it. You may not wear a hat or remove any items from your
pockets. Excepting a medically necessary hearing aid, you may not have any type of earphone in your ear(s).
You may not use a "cheat sheet" of any kind. If you are observed with visual, aural or tactile access to
anything not allowed or not your own, you may be subject to the accusation of cheating, with potential very
bad consequences to your career in science and in college.

3. Homework and homework quiz (100 points). There are homework assignments for each chapter. The
homework assignments will be announced as the class proceeds. The main announcement method is the
Announcements Section on the main (lecture section) iLearn website for 1B. Homework questions are all
from in-chapter problems of the textbook. Homework will not be collected or graded.
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There will be 6 homework quizzes to assess the completion of the homework. All quizzes will be conducted
online with iLearn. Details will be provided in class.

The main importance of the homework is not the 100 points it is in the learning dividend paid on the
exams (700 total exam points).

4. Clicker quizzes (80 points): The class will offer clicker quizzes periodically. Bring your clicker remote
to every lecture. Completion of >80% of the clicker quizzes will automatically earn the full credit of 80 pts.
If the success rate for clicker quizzes is over 70%, the student will earn 20 bonus pts.

Extra Lecture Quizzes: If class attendance is consistently below a level deemed acceptable by Professor
Cheng, he will comment on this and he then may follow the comment with unannounced lecture period
quiz(zes) to benefit those in attendance. Extra lecture quizzes would have values of approximately 10 points
each. Lecture quizzes may simply be previously assigned homework problems (after the due date), or some
topic that was covered in a recent lecture, or both. There are no makeup lecture quizzes, and no lecture quiz
scores will be dropped. These lecture quizzes will be used as the bonus points, and the total course points
will remain 1000.

5. Missed Exams/Quizzes: If you miss an exam or quiz for medical or emergency reasons, a written
excuse signed by a professional (not a relative) must be presented to your instructor (not T.A.) upon your
return to UCR. You must also notify your instructor of your absence by phone or email as soon as possible
before, during or after the exam or quiz. A valid excused absence will allow you to have an average grade
(derived from your other exam/quiz scores for this course) inserted into your total course point-count for that
exam or quiz. Only one exam can be scored in this way. Your written excuse must be presented within 72
hours of your return to class.

Unexcused missed exam will be given a score of zero and will not be adjusted for redemption (section
E.7).

6. Discussion Section (120 points): The Discussion TA will hand out a separate syllabus for the discussion
section and quizzes. The discussion syllabus will detail the structure of the discussion section meetings and
the earning/distribution of the 120 discussion points.

7. Exam Redemption System:

Any student whose Final Exam percent score exceeds his or her lower mid-term score (in percent), will have
that lower mid-term score used as the basis for a redemption adjustment. The redemption adjustment
points would, if added to the lowest mid-term score, give a percentage on that mid-term equal to the higher
percentage of the Final Exam. This means that one poor mid-term can be "redeemed" by showing your true
ability on the Final Exam. In the case of a "tie" only one midterm will be adjusted upward! The exam
redemption adjustment is NOT AVAILABLE FOR MISSED EXAMS (but see E.5 above).

Example Calculation of Redemption Points: Student B has exam scores as given:

Exam # 1 = 125/150; Exam # 2 = 100/150; Final Exam = 360/400
The Final exam score is 90.0%, which is obviously higher than the lower Exam #2 (66.7%). The redemption
system assigns 90.0% to the second exam, and the multiplication 0.90 x 150 gives 135 as the adjusted score.
This gives 135 100 = +35 redemption adjustment points. The overall score for the second exam is
effectively increased by 35 points by "redemption". This means that one poor midterm is not necessarily
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"fatal"! . Note: in the example above, if the first exam were the lower exam, it would be the one redeemed.
The redemption points, if any, will appear as a separate column in iLearn, not as a changed midterm total.
The redemption points are a separate gradebook column and are added into the total score at the end of the
course.

8. Basis for Course Grades, Chemistry 001B Lecture, Section 040, Spring 2017:

Your final letter grade in the course will be based on total earned points, computed according to the
following scheme, subject to the 550 point minimum total points for a C-grade in the course.

120 Discussion
150 Exam 1
150 Exam 2
100 Homework
80 Clicker quizzes
400 Final Exam
x Unannounced Extra Lecture Quizzes (and other bonus points)
y Exam Redemption Points (variable but maximum 150)

1000 Total Points Maximum

The guidelines for distribution of letter grades will be based on the following percentages of the total
(1000) class points.

Approximate requirement for grades:

A-to A+ = 82.50% to 100%
B-to B+ = 70.50% to 82.49%
C-to C+ = 55.00% to 70.49%
D = 44.00% to 54.999%
F* = 0.00% to 43.99%

*CHEATING IN EXAMS, QUIZZES, HOMEWORK OR DISCUSSION = Grade F

(REGARDLESS OF % SCORE) (see section H)

You must attain a minimum of 55% of the total points possible (550 points) to have a C-grade or higher
for the class (total of all categories above). You need at least a C-grade to continue in or enroll in
most science courses that have Chemistry 1B as prerequisite.

9. Communication: Class announcements, schedules, assignments, etc. will be on the class website
(http://iLearn.ucr.edu) and occasional written memoranda will be used to inform you of important items
of interest and/or changes in the general operation of the class. If you are not in class when information is
announced, the instructor is not obligated to repeat the communication in class at a later time, but most
announcements will also be on the Announcement page in iLearn. Mid-term exam solutions will be available
on iLearn.

10. Individual Study Groups: When you help someone else understand something you simultaneously help
yourself. You are encouraged to form a study group of two or more. You are not competing directly for a
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grade within a quota, so do not hesitate to study with others.

F. CLASS SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESS

1 Do your homework problems every day. You must practice EVERY day. That is how you familiarize
yourself with the ideas, procedures, the ways of thinking about chemistry. The assigned homework
exercises should be the minimum number attempted. If you do problems with a study group make sure
YOU understand each problem yourself. Discussing things with others helps you understand.
2 Read in the textbook about the daily topic before class. Do this reading for every class period; otherwise,
it will be difficult to catch up.
3 Take notes during the lecture. If the instructor is going too fast do not hesitate to ask for clarification. The
lecture period will include a list of things to be discussed that day, an opportunity to ask questions, a
review to make a connection from old to new material and an explanation of the new material. Be sure to
familiarize yourself with the auxiliary lecture-type material on the iLearn site. There is excellent material
there for study organization and for review.
4 Ask questions if you do not understand the direction or main points in the lecture. It is quite likely that
many others will not understand either; they will appreciate your asking questions. Raise your hand or
speak up.
5 Go over your notes and material as soon as possible after the class. Also outline the chapter in your own
words so that it makes sense to you.
6 Go to see Professor Cheng during Office Hours and Teaching Assistants during Help Sessions. The
times for these will be on the iLearn website. Outside of office hours Dr. Cheng may best be contacted by
email at quan.cheng@ucr.edu. Do not put off getting help on the lecture material until you are too far
behind. Make use of the instructor and teaching assistants. We are here to help you learn.
7 When there are problems with the lecture section that you or the TAs do not know how to handle -let
Professor Cheng know as soon as possible.
8 Check the iLearn site daily for class updates.

G. REVIEW SUGGESTIONS FOR EXAMS

1 Almost all exam questions require analysis, set up, computation. Memorization alone will not get you by.
You must understand concepts and be able to deal with new situations. The majority of exam
questions/problems are similar to the assigned homework, but they may be stated in a different, even a
reverse way. It is important that you understand the general approaches to different kinds of problems,
because you will seldom see the exact problems repeated from homework to exam.
2 The required Final Exam on Tuesday, June 13; 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., will be comprehensive (location
for the exam and details will be given during the last two weeks of the quarter).
3 For the exams, you will be given all constants, and most of the major equations (example exam data
pages will be on iLearn before each exam). Concentrate on understanding the application of theory and
how to use the equations. Try to put your whole cumulative chemistry knowledge to use. Be logical and
think reasonably. Above all -do not give in to panic. Start your studying now. Have confidence in
yourself and your capabilities. And remember that the Exam Redemption system can keep you "alive" if
you have a bad mid-term day.
4 Memorization of facts is not an important part of this course. There are some things that you need to
memorize (you will be told), but you will seldom, if ever, see an exam question that only tests a single
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 H. CHEATING

Academic Integrity

At UCR, honesty and integrity are fundamental values that guide and inform us as individuals and as a
community. The culture of academia requires that students take responsibility for learning and for producing
products that reflect their intellectual potential, curiosity, and capability. Students must represent themselves
truthfully, claim only work that is their own, acknowledge their use of others' words, research results, and
ideas, using the methods accepted by the appropriate academic disciplines, and engage honestly in all
academic assignments.

Anything less than total commitment to honesty circumvents the contract for intellectual enrichment that
students have with the university to become an educated person, undermines the efforts of the entire
academic community, and diminishes the value of an education for everyone, especially for the person who
cheats. Both students and faculty are responsible for insuring the academic integrity of the university.

Academic Misconduct

Chancellors may impose discipline for the commission or attempted commission of academic misconduct
including, but not limited to, cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, or facilitating academic dishonesty.

Examples of sanctions that may be imposed include assignment of a lower grade, assignment of a failing
grade, required participation in educational activities, disciplinary probation, or being dismissed from the
university. The level of sanction depends on the violation committed.

A student officially notified of alleged academic misconduct may not withdraw from the course where
misconduct is believed to have occurred, until the determination of responsibility is made and any sanctions
are imposed. A sanction for a violation of academic integrity that affects the course grade will be imposed.
The student may not avoid the imposition of a sanction by withdrawing from a course. If the student is found
not responsible for academic misconduct, the student will be permitted to withdraw from the course with a
grade of "W."

Academic Misconduct Defined

Academic misconduct is any act that does or could improperly distort student grades or other student
academic records. The following examples of academic misconduct are provided to assist students in
developing an understanding of the university's expectations, recognizing that no set of written guidelines
can anticipate all types and degrees of violations of academic integrity. To the extent that the examples
provided are not exhaustive, duly appointed representatives of the university wll judge each case according
to its merits.

Misunderstanding of the appropriate academic conduct will not be accepted as an excuse for academic
misconduct. If students are in doubt about appropriate academic conduct in a particular situation, they should
consult with the instructor in the course to avoid the serious charge of academic misconduct.

Cheating
copying from another student's examination, quiz, or homework assignment (note however that
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 students are encouraged to work toward solutions together, but the final homework product that is
submitted must be created by the student who will receive the points for the homework). Students
who do not seriously address the assigned homework will not do at all well on the class exams. The
exams constitute 70% of the course grade, and the exams are similar to the assigned homework
content.
possession or use of pre-prepared notes or other resources, in any form, during an examination, unless
such use is expressly authorized by the instructor includes possession or use of prohibited types of
electronic calculators during exams.
revising a work after its final evaluation and representing the revised version as being the original
work
using external assistance, including but not limited to tutors, books, notes, and calculators, on any in-
class or take-home examination, unless the instructor specifically has authorized external assistance
allowing someone else to conduct one's research or to prepare one's work without advance
authorization from the instructor to whom the work is being submitted
unauthorized use of electronic instruments, such as cell phones, pagers, or PDAs, to access or share
information
submitting for academic advancement an item of academic work that the same student has previously
submitted for academic advancement, without prior authorization from the faculty member
supervising the work

Plagiarism
using another's work without giving credit
copying the language, structure, or ideas of another and attributing (explicitly or implicitly) the work
to one's own efforts
reproducing another person's work, with or without that person's knowledge or permission, whether
published or unpublished, including but not limited to original ideas, strategies, and research, art,
graphics, computer programs, music, and other creative expression. The work may consist of writing,
charts, pictures, graphs, diagrams, data, Web sites, or other communication or recording media, and
may include sentences, phrases, and innovative terminology, formatting, or other representations.
submitting as one's own any academic exercise prepared totally or in part by another
copying information from computer-based sources, i.e., the Internet
allowing another person to substantially alter or revise one's work and submitting it as one's own
using another's written ideas or words without properly acknowledging the source. The term "source"
includes published works (books, magazines, newspapers, Web sites, plays, movies, photos,
paintings, and textbooks) and unpublished sources (class lectures or notes, handouts, speeches, casual
conversation, other students' papers, or material from a research service).
failure to acknowledge study aids such as Cliffs Notes or common reference sources
unauthorized use of another person's data in completing a computer exercise or other class work

Unauthorized Collaboration
working with other students to do lab work, review books, or develop a presentation or report without
permission from the instructor to do so
making lab data available to a student who did not attend the lab
jointly calculating homework problems without professorial permission. Note: see first bullet under
Academic Misconduct Defined above.
jointly solving online quiz or homework problems without professorial permission
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 having someone else help rewrite a paper

sharing sources for a take-home exam
working in a group on a lab assignment without professorial permission
debugging another's computer program without professorial permission
submitting a group assignment, or allowing that assignment to be submitted, representing that the
project is the work of all of the members of the group when not all of the group members assisted
substantially in its preparation

Facilitating Academic Dishonesty

intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another student to commit an act of
academic misconduct
giving unauthorized assistance to another or others during a test or evaluation, including allowing
someone to copy from a test or examination, or arranging with others to give or receive answers via
signals
providing specific information about a recently given test, examination, or assignment to a student
who thereby gains an unfair advantage in an academic evaluation
substituting for another student in order to meet a course or graduation requirement
providing aid to another person, knowing such aid is expressly prohibited by the instructor, in the
research, preparation, creation, writing, performing, or publication of work to be submitted for
academic evaluation
permitting one's academic work to be represented as the work of another
signing in other students for class attendance, by handwriting or any electronic means (e.g. logging
into computer systems, using another students clicker, using another students keycard or ID card).

Interference or Sabotage
destroying, stealing, changing, or damaging another's lab experiment, computer program, term paper,
exam, or project
removing, defacing, damaging, hoarding or displacing library materials with the effect that others
have undue difficulty using them
interfering with the operation of a computer system so it has an adverse effect on the academic
performance of others
damaging computer equipment (including disks) or laboratory equipment in order to alter or prevent
the evaluation of academic work

Fabrication
falsifying the results of any laboratory or experimental work or fabricating any data or information
crediting source material that was not used for research
falsifying, altering, or misstating the contents of documents or other materials related to academic
matters, including but not limited to schedules, prerequisites, transcripts, attendance records, or
university forms
giving false reasons (in advance or after the fact) for failure to complete academic work, including
but not limited to giving false excuses to a faculty member or to any university official for failure to
attend an exam or to complete academic work
giving false information or testimony in connection with any investigation or hearing under this
policy

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