CPSC 203: Final exam information

Grades

General information:

Exam weight: 40% of overall course grade
Duration: 120 Minutes
Pick the best answer for each question.
When you are done hand in your question and answer sheet at the front.
Mark your answers with an HB pencil or darker.
Make sure that you fill in all the labelled categories regarding your contact information on the computerized bubble sheet.
Write your name, student identification and lecture number on the second page of this exam.
Make sure you fill in all your answers in the computerized bubble sheets and not in this exam.
Date/location: This exam will be scheduled by the Office of the Registrar and you can find information about the date/time/location through the university portal
This is a closed book exam: No electronic devices (e.g., cell phones) or computational aids (e.g., calculators, laptops, hand held computers, slide rulers, abaci) will be allowed.

Review:

There will be an exam review when I'll go over a few sample exam-type questions.

Date / Time:	Friday December 14, 2 PM - 3 PM
Location	ENA 201
Support materials	[Sample questions] [Answer key]

Breakdown of the exam according to section

The exam will consist entirely of multiple choice questions. It will be cumulative but with a heavy emphasis on the material subsequent the midterm exam.

Section				Approximate percentage of the exam¹
Material covered before the midterm				14%
Numbers and logic				11
Databases				13
Computer history (all three parts)				22
Networking				10
The Internet				11
Computer security (slides 1 - 28 only, the rest won't be on the exam).				9
Miscellaneous²				10%

There will be approximately 80 questions on your exam.

^{1) These breakdowns were based on a near final version of the final
exam. The proportions may vary slightly on the final version but not by any
great extent.}

^{2) This category includes: questions that don't neatly fall into one of the
above categories e.g., questions that span more than one section, application
questions about MS-Excel or MS-Access, questions about creating a web page
(what's required, how should things be laid out etc. and won't be specific
questions about MS-FrontPage).}