The exam will be cumulative with a heavy focus on the material that was
covered subsequent to the midterm (except for modular design/problem
decomposition
Topics which have a higher probability for being the main focus of a
written question include: modular design, arrays, files, records and arrays of
records, pointers, and linked lists.
Topics that were covered after the midterm (e.g., recursion and sorting)
that aren't the main focus of any written question may be covered in the
multiple choice questions.
Material covered prior to the midterm (e.g., number conversions) will
likely be covered in the multiple choice questions and will not be the focus
of the written questions
Approximate exam
breakdown by question type
Multiple choice (6 questions)
~10%
Short answer (6 questions)
~90%
General information:
You will receive three items in your exam: a
question booklet, an answer booklet to write the answers to the short answer
questions, and a multiple choice score sheet. You must hand in all three
items at the end of the exam.
Exam
weight: 40% of overall course grade
Duration: 120 minutes (schedule by the Registrar's Office).
This is a closed book exam: No electronic devices
(e.g., cell phones) or computational aids (e.g., calculators, laptops, hand
computers, slide rules, abaci) will be allowed).