CPSC 231 Midterm: Spring 2007

Day/Time:

Thursday June 7 (first hour of the lecture, there will be a class in the second half)

Instructions from the ACTUAL exam so you need to read this ahead of time

(There are two parts to the exam, the exam booklet which contains the questions and space for you to answer the written questions and a multiple choice score sheet).

General information:

· Duration: 60 Minutes

· 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.

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 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.

Approximate breakdown of marks by section

Section

Approximate percentage of the exam

Introduction to Computer Science

1%

Introduction to computers

17%

Non-decimal based number systems, number representations, logic

20%

Programming: Introduction

16%

Programming: Decision making

20%

Programming: Loops

4%

Programming: Problem decomposition via modular design 19%

Miscellaneous: This type of question will ask about topics that cannot be neatly classified into one of the above categories (e.g., questions that span more than one category or questions dealing with UNIX). 2%

Approximate breakdown of marks by question type

Question type

Approximate percentage of the exam

20 questions

29%

5 written questions 71%

Conceptual 1 question ~ 13%

Calculations` 1 questions ~11%

Tracing programs 1 question ~13%

Writing programs 2 questions ~34%

Section		Approximate percentage of the exam
Introduction to Computer Science		1%
Introduction to computers		17%
Non-decimal based number systems, number representations, logic		20%
Programming: Introduction		16%
Programming: Decision making		20%
Programming: Loops		4%
Programming: Problem decomposition via modular design		19%

Miscellaneous: This type of question will ask about topics that cannot be neatly classified into one of the above categories (e.g., questions that span more than one category or questions dealing with UNIX).		2%

Question type		Approximate percentage of the exam
20 questions		29%
5 written questions		71%
	Conceptual	1 question ~ 13%
	Calculations`	1 questions ~11%
	Tracing programs	1 question ~13%
	Writing programs	2 questions ~34%