Exams

As stated on the syllabus, exams in this course are open note. This means you may bring into the exam and consult any printed or written material. No electronic devices may be used. Exception: if you purchased an electronic version of the textbook, you must notify the instructor in advance, and then you may consult this e-book during the exam.

Exams will consist of a combination of true-false questions, short answer questions, and questions requiring longer answers and/or writing small snippets of code.

Technically, exams may ask questions about anything covered in class, in the lecture notes, or in the background readings assigned from the textbook. In practice, however, a strong majority of questions will be related to homework questions, or to examples covered during a class lecture.

Exam 1

Exam 1 covers material from course topics 1 and 2 -- that is, from classes 1-9 inclusive.

Exam 2

Exam 2 covers material from course topics 3 and 4 -- that is, from classes 10-19 inclusive.

Hints: the exam will be worth 75 points (one point per minute). It will probably comprise

Final Exam

The final exam is cumulative, covering all topics with approximately equal emphasis. The style of the exam will be similar to the two in-class exams, including some true/false questions, some short-answer questions, and some code-writing questions.