Lecture notes for the Introduction to computers by James Tam

CPSC 203: Information about the final exam

Material that you should study

The lecture material: the PowerPoint slides will provide you with an outline of the topics to be covered. However studying the information just listed on the slides won't be sufficient to do well on the final exam. You will also need to take notes in class and to study and understand those notes. If you have any questions then make sure that you ask me for help and clarification.
The text books: they should be used as another source of material to help you understand the material as you prepare for the exam. I won't however directly examine you on material that is listed in the textbooks that I didn't cover in class.
Lab exercises and the lab handouts: I won't be directly examining you on this material (unless it overlaps with the lecture material).

Composition of the exam by question type:
	Written questions (3): worth ~25% of the final exam
	Multiple choice questions (56): worth ~75% of the final exam

Composition of the exam by topic:
	Topic	Proportion of the final exam
	Vista	~8%
	Word and word processing	~9%
	Excel and spreadsheets	~15%
	PowerPoint and presentation software	~5%
	Internet Explorer and web browsers	~8%
	Computers	~23%
	Networks	~4%
	The Internet	~21%
	Computer security and privacy	~7%

^{1 These values are based on a near-final version of your final exam. The
exact weightings may vary slightly off these listed values.}

This is a closed book exam: No electronic devices (e.g., cell phones must be shut off and out of sight) or computational aids (e.g., calculators, laptops, hand held computers, slide rulers, abaci) will be allowed.
DO NOT START the exam until you are told to do so.
For the multiple choice questions make sure that you clearly circle your selection.
For the written questions write your answer in the space provided.