CPSC 219: Midterm Final Exam Information

Additional details will be added over time...

Date/location:

• The exam will be held during regular exam week, scheduled by the Registrar. You can find your exam information via the university [portal]

Review material:

• During the last lecture on April 13 I will go over some sample review questions. If you miss the lecture then you can find a hard copy on the table outside of ICT707.
• The smaller self contained programs are posted. That will allow you to see the results of traces. Further you have the source code for some of the code writing questions so you can verify your solution by modifying the starting program. You should then test your solution to see if it matches the requirements specified in the question. To make it easier for you to download the examples are contained in one file. You will have to split the code into ".java" files yourself and include any necessary imports.

• GUI writing example
• Linked list trace example
• General tracing example

Front cover from the actual exam (so make sure you look at this beforehand...important so make sure you read them beforehand!). Notice that you need to enter your ID number on the inside cover of the examination (don't forget to to this).

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.
• Text books: can 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.
• Tutorial exercises and the tutorial handouts: I won't be directly examining you on this material (unless it overlaps with the lecture material or you hear otherwise regarding a section)

Exam topics: the final exam will be cumulative

I won't be able to provide a breakdown by topic because there will likely be a number of overlap in the topics that need to be applied for a particular question (e.g., displaying a linked list require knowledge of list operations but could also require recursion). However I can provide you with a general idea of which topics will likely result in a higher proportion of the final exam (the 'major' exam topics shown below)

Exam questions¹

^{1 It's based on a near-final version of the midterm (exact proportions may vary *slightly*)}