Lecture notes for the Introduction to multidisciplinary Computer Science II by James Tam

CPSC 219: Information about the first midterm exam

^{Exam instructions (these are from the actual exam so you
should read them beforehand)}

Duration: 75 Minutes
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 you are to pick the best answer for each question.
Unless told otherwise you can assume that all programs and program fragments WILL compile.

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).
This exam will include material from the first lecture up to and excluding the material dealing with Java or Object-Oriented programming in Java.

Composition of the exam by question type:
	Six written questions: worth ~73% of the midterm exam
		Three questions that require program code to be written ~47%
		One question that requires a code trace ~13%
		Two conceptual questions ~13%

	Ten multiple choice questions: worth ~27% of the midterm exam

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