CPSC 231, Spring 231: Midterm information

Midterm grades

Date:    Thursday, June 5th

              11:00 - 12:00 Midterm

              12:00 - 12:30 Break

              12:30 - 14:50  Lecture

Location:      MFH 164

Number of marks:        50 marks

    Multiple choice (30 questions x 1 mark per question = 30 marks)

• Unix ~ 3% of the multiple choice questions
• Introduction to Computer Science ~ 3% of the multiple choice questions
• Introduction to Computers ~ 16% of the multiple choice questions
• Non-decimal number systems ~ 20% of the multiple choice questions
• Representations ~ 6% of the multiple choice questions
• Logic ~ 6% of the multiple choice questions
• Programming: Introduction ~ 16% of the multiple choice questions
• Programming: Decisions ~ 16% of the multiple choice questions
• Programming: Loops ~ 10% of the multiple choice questions

    Short answer (3 questions worth a total of 20 marks): One question will be asked from each of the 3 major sections covered thus far:

• Introduction to Computers (the question won't come from the Introduction to Computer Science section)
• Numbers and logic (do some calculations and show your work - this question will likely include sub-questions)
• Code tracing (from the introduction to programming up to and including loops - you won't have to write code until the final exam)

Although you may (or may not) find the recommended text books useful for preparing for the exam, as I mentioned in class there will be no questions that come specifically from them.   It is up to you whether or not you buy them but you should quickly decide if you need  either or both of them in order to study for the midterm).    Existing resources that you can use to supplement the lectures include: the required course notes (which can be found under the url: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~tamj/231 or purchased in the Student Union Copy Center) and the GNU Pascal web site (http://www.gnu-pascal.de/gpc/h-index.html)