Information About The First Midterm Exam

Additional details will be provided as we get closer to the exam so you should check this page for updates.

Grades: All term grade points can be now found at the top of the course web page

Date/location of the actual midterm exam:

Tuesday February 8 during normal class time in the regular lecture room. There won't be a lecture after the exam.

Midterm review

• It will occur in the later part of the lecture on February 3.

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

1. Duration: 75 minutes
2. 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., any calculators, laptops, hand held computers, slide rulers, abaci) will be allowed. This includes ‘simple’ calculators.
3. DO NOT START the exam until you are told you can start..
4. For the multiple choice questions make sure that you select the best answer to each question on the computer bubble sheets using an HB pencil or darker.
5. Make sure that you fill in the bubbles on the multiple choice answer sheet for all the labeled categories. (Neglecting to full in all the information may result in your exam getting lost or not marked so it's important not to miss anything!) Here's the info for some of the categories that students typically miss.

5. For the written questions write your answer in the space provided. Make sure that you use a non-erasable pen for the written section. (Ignoring this requirement may make it difficult or impossible to make any changes if any marking disputes should arise).
6. Unless otherwise indicated you can assume that the programs and program fragments will compile.
    

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

Question type (on the near final version of the exam)¹

• The exam will be a combination of written and multiple choice questions.
• The written questions could require you to: (1) write program code (2) trace program code (3) describe a concept (this type of question won't require you to write a full essay, likely it will just require a few bullet points or a few sentences/a paragraph.

1 Small changes may be made in the final version but this outline should at least give you a rough idea of the breakdowns and structure.