Exam Information

Final Exam

Tues, Dec 6, 8:00 AM

In our normal class room, 180 mins nominal (3 hours). A well prepared student should be able to finish in about 2 hours.

Exam format:
The exam will be in-class, closed notes, closed book, closed phone, closed smart watches, closed calculators, closed implanted internet-enabled brain chips, closed neighbors and friends, open your brain.
It will be pledged work. You may not be in communication with others while you are working on the exam. You also may not be in communication with others after the exam as some may be taking the exam later due to unusual circumstances. We will close Piazza for a time during and after the exam to help everyone remember to not discuss the work after.

Materials to study: (this is a help, not a guarantee)
These are past final exams that may help you study. To use them you will need to select questions that relate to our studies this semester and ignore questions on topics we did not cover.
Final study guide      And more Final study guide      study guide: hashing
partial answers 1      partial answers 2      answer: hashing
Final Fall 2015   (key)      Final Spring 2016   (key)
Final Spring 2019


Midterm Exam

Tue, Oct. 11

In class time (9:30 am), in the class room, 75 mins to complete the exam.

Exam format:
The exam will be in-class, closed notes, closed book, closed phone, closed smart watches, closed implanted internet-enabled brain chips, closed neighbors and friends, open your brain.
All work will be done on paper. It will be pledged work. You may not be in communication with others while you are working on the exam. I will supply the exam paper (no blue books needed), and all answers you want graded must be written on the exam paper. You may have a few sheets of blank paper for scratch work but do not turn that in with the exam. There is blank paper with the exam pages (backs of pages).

You will write your name and PID on the first page (top) of the exam, and also write your name on all other pages. These instructions will be on the exam and will be repeated at the start of the exam.

Materials to study: (this is a help, not a guarantee)

Other Sample exams

The following will give you an idea of what an exam will be like.

Ignore questions on topics we have not studied .
The material in this course does evolve over time, and the past exams were based on 1 midterm, not on 2 midterms.

Study Guide (key)
Prior exam with solutions
Answer Key for Fall 2016
Another Midterm
Yet Another Midterm