Exams
As stated on the syllabus:
The midterm and final exams are open note and open web. Students may consult any printed or digital materials and may perform web searches. However, no communication with other humans is permitted.
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Technically speaking, any material covered in any lecture, reading, or homework assignment is eligible to appear in the midterm or final exams. In practice, a strong majority of exam questions will be similar to a homework question, an example done in class, or other assigned practice questions.
Following is some additional clarification of the above syllabus statements. Students are encouraged to use all appropriate tools, including Eclipse, web searches, and existing content on programming websites and forums. However, it is not permitted to seek help from other humans either directly or via an online forum.
Exams will be provided in Microsoft Word format.
Exam solutions should be submitted to GitHub using the same
methodology as for homework assignments: answers that involve writing
source code are pushed to the relevant Java files in GitHub; non-code
answers are inserted into a PDF document which is pushed to the
noncode-answers directory in GitHub. Non-code answers may include
handwritten solutions that have been scanned or photographed.
Students with academic accommodations receive extra time in the normal way. For example, if the stated time to submit the exam is 24 hours, a student who normally receives time-and-a-half for tests will have 36 hours to complete the exam.
Midterm Exam 1
Exam 1 covers material from Topics 1-4. The exam begins at the start of class on the designated day of the exam (1030am, Thursday October 7, 2021). The exam will be of a length that could typically be completed in a 75-minute class session. However, all students will have 24 hours to complete and submit the exam to GitHub. Therefore, the deadline for submission is 1030am Eastern time on 10/8/21. Late submissions will be penalized by 5% per hour.
The exam can be downloaded from Moodle via a link that will become active five minutes before the start of the exam.
Exam solutions should be submitted to GitHub using the same
methodology as for homework assignments: answers that involve writing
source code are pushed to the relevant Java files in GitHub; non-code
answers are inserted into a PDF document which is pushed to the
noncode-answers directory in GitHub.
The instructor will be available to answer questions about the exam in person, in the regular classroom, for the first 75 minutes of the exam. This is the only time in which you can be sure of receiving a rapid response to any question about the exam. You can ask your question in person or via Microsoft Teams.
After the first 75 minutes, all questions for the instructor should be via Microsoft Teams, either via private chat message or by posting to the Exams channel, which will be visible to all members of the class. Any announcements or clarifications by the instructor will be posted to the Exams channel.
Midterm Exam 2
The instructions for midterm exam 2 are the same as for midterm exam 1, except that:
- The exam covers material from Topics 5-7
- The exam begins at 10:30 AM on Thursday, November 11. The deadline is 24 hours later: 10:30 AM on Friday, November 12.
Final Exam
The instructions for the final exam are the same as for midterm exams, except that:
- The exam covers material from all topics, with extra emphasis on topics 8-10.
- The exam begins at 5:00 PM on Monday, November 13. The deadline is 48 hours later: 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 15.
- The exam will be fully remote. The instructor will attempt to answer questions posted to the Exams channel on Microsoft Teams within a reasonable time.
Last modified: Tue Dec 07 00:52:12 UTC 2021 by jmac.