Comp 411 Spring 2007

See you there. Get a good night’s sleep! It will do you more good than studying all night ever will.

Open notes, books, etc. No computers, cell phones, or other communication devices. You’ll need a pencil. Space for your answers is provided on the exam.

Good luck!

Today we will review the course by examining an old final exam. Old final exam.

Of course, your final exam will be a bit different from this, but this will give you an idea of the sort of things I’m likely to ask.

I sure hope you’ve already got one but the folks at the bookstore emailed to say the books are in!

Changed from 29th originally estimated in the syllabus. We will review for the exam on Thursday 22 March.

I’m not posting the questions as I’d like to preserve the possibility of using them again in the future. Here are the answers.

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Of course, the intersection of our available times is the null set… But with 2 slots I think everyone who expressed interest can be accommodated.

So, anyone who is interested can meet with me: Tuesdays 3:15-4 or Fridays 8:30-9:30. This Friday I already have a 9am meeting scheduled but could meet from about 8:15 till 9. Let’s plan to meet in 252. Come by my office.
I’m not going to prepare an additional lecture. The session will be driven by YOU asking questions. So come prepared to ask.

In support of my claim that all you need are switches and wires! Water computer

I know you’re all wondering about the quiz on Thursday. Here are some warmup questions to help you prepare. You may bring your books and any written/printed notes you want. No computers, phones, or friends.

Come to class on Tuesday with your questions about anything we’ve covered and I’ll do my best to make all things clear.

I have gotten very positive reviews for the help some class members are giving to others and I commend you. I’ll certainly take such reports into account when assigning grades.

You may find this useful for problem set 4. You can read off the hex value for any ASCII character by taking the first nibble from the first column and the second nibble from the top row. So, for this assignment, you’ll need to convert an ASCII digit, say ‘4′ with code 0×34 to the numerical value 4. Simply subtract the code for ‘0′ from it. So subtracting 0×30 from an ASCII digit will give you the numerical value of the digit. Likewise, if you want to go from a small number, say 5, to its ASCII representation, simply add 0×30 to it. 5 + 0×30 = 0×35.

We’ll have our first test next Thursday on 15 February. It will cover the material in lectures 1 through 8. We’ll review for the test on Tuesday 13 February.

The test will be open book and notes.