CPSC 231: Midterm information for L02

Grades

• Link to the grades (sorted in ascending order by I.D. number)

General information:

• Exam weight: 30% of overall course grade
  

• Duration: 50 Minutes (during normal class time)
  
• 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).

General instructions:

• Write your name on the outside cover of this exam and your name and student identification number on the inside (second page).
  

• Unless otherwise stated assume that all programs and program fragments will compile.
  

• When you are done hand in this exam booklet and your multiple choice bubble sheet at the front.
  

Instructions for the multiple choice questions:

• For each question pick the answer that best answers the question.
  

• Mark your answers with an HB pencil or darker
  

• Make sure that you fill in all your contact information on the computerized bubble sheet.
  

• Make sure you fill in all your answers in the computerized bubble sheets and not in this exam.
  

Instructions for the short answer questions:

·         Make sure you fill in all your answers in the space provided in this exam booklet.

 

Review materials

• There will be a review session for this lecture on Wednesday Oct 26 from 6 PM - 8 PM in SB103.
  

• Sample exam questions

• Solutions to the sample exam
  

 

Approximate exam breakdown by topic
Topic	Percentage weight of exam
Introduction to Computer Science	~2 - 3%
Introduction to computers	~17 - 18%
Non-decimal based number systems, number representations, logic	~17 - 18%
Introduction to programming	~15%
Decision making	~20%
Loops	~12 - 13%
Problem decomposition/modular design	~15%
Miscelleaneous1	~ 2 - 3%

^{1 As the name implies these types of questions includes questions which may span multiple topic areas or do not fit neatly into any of the above categories (e.g., UNIX).}

 

Approximate exam breakdown by question type
Question type	Percentage weight of exam
Multiple choice	~65%
Short answer #1	~17 - 18%
Short answer #2	~15%
Short answer #3	~2.5%

 

Approximate breakdown of the short answer questions
Question type	Percentage weight of exam
Code traces	~15%
Code writing	~15%
Conceptual / analsysis	~~5%