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CPSC 409: Midterm II Information

Exam dates/times

Midterm II topics

 

Multiple-choice review questions:

Sample non-multiple question: Mechanical monsters

Briefly describe how to convert a value from regular binary (the most common representation for binary and likely what you were taught when introduced to non-decimal number systems such as octal and hexadecimal) to Binary Coded Decimal (BCD). [Solution]

Midterm II: Exam breakdown (based on a rough version of the exam, final details may be slightly different)

Topic Rough proportion of the exam
The mechanical monsters ~25 - 35%
The electronic revolution ~25 - 35
SPCs and memory types ~25 - 35
Miscellaneous1 ~0 - 5%
Super computers and mainframes Won't be covered on this exam

 

Type of question Rough proportion of the exam
Multiple choice questions ~20 - 30 ~75 - 85%
[Non-multiple choice] three ~15 - 25%

 

1: Miscellaneous: could include questions that don't fall neatly into one of the other categories or span multiple sections of the course.

Min percent GPA
0 0
15 0.1
25 0.3
35 0.5
40 0.7
44 1
46 1.1
48 1.2
50 1.3
51 1.4
53 1.5
54 1.6
55 1.7
56 1.8
58 1.9
60 2
61 2.1
63 2.2
65 2.3
66 2.4
68 2.5
69 2.6
70 2.7
71 2.8
73 2.9
75 3
76 3.1
78 3.2
80 3.3
82 3.4
84 3.5
86 3.6
88 3.7
90 3.8
91 3.9
92 4
95 4.1
97 4.2
100 4.3