Exams

As stated on the syllabus:
"The midterm and final exams are open note and open web. Students may consult any printed or digital materials and may perform web searches. However, no communication with other humans is permitted...

Technically speaking, any material covered in any lecture, reading, lab, or homework assignment is eligible to appear in the midterm or final exams. In practice, most exam questions will be similar to a homework question, an example done in class, or other assigned practice questions...

Ample extended time will be available to all students and the ADS Test-Related Guidance will be followed."

Following is some additional clarification of the above syllabus statements. Students are encouraged to use all appropriate tools, including Eclipse, web searches, and existing content on programming websites and forums. However, it is not permitted to seek help from other humans either directly or via an online forum.

Exams will be provided in Microsoft Word format. Answers can be provided in any reasonable format, including Microsoft Word, PDF, or handwritten solutions that have been scanned/photographed.

Students with academic accommodations receive extra time in the normal way. For example, if the stated time to submit the exam is 24 hours, a student who normally receives time-and-a-half for tests will have 36 hours to complete the exam.

Midterm Exam 1

Exam 1 covers material from Topics 1-5. The exam begins at the start of class on the designated day of the exam (930am, Monday March 1, 2021). The exam will be of a length that could typically be completed in a 50-minute class session. However, all students will have 24 hours to complete and submit the exam to Moodle. Therefore, the deadline for submission is 930am Eastern time on 3/2/21. Late submissions will be penalized by 5% per hour.

The exam can be downloaded from Moodle via a link that will become active five minutes before the start of the exam.

Exam solutions should be submitted to the Exam 1 submission link on Moodle.

All communication with the instructor should be via Microsoft Teams, either via private chat message or by posting to the Exams channel, which will be visible to all members of the class. Any announcements or clarifications by the instructor will be posted to the Exams channel.

Midterm Exam 2

Exam 2 covers material from Topics 6-10. The exam begins at the start of class on the designated day of the exam (930am, Friday April 16, 2021). The exam will be of a length that could typically be completed in a 50-minute class session. However, all students will have 24 hours to complete and submit the exam to Moodle. Therefore, the deadline for submission is 930am Eastern time on 4/17/21. Late submissions will be penalized by 5% per hour.

The exam can be downloaded from Moodle via a link that will become active five minutes before the start of the exam.

Exam solutions should be submitted to the Exam 2 submission link on Moodle.

All communication with the instructor should be via Microsoft Teams, either via private chat message or by posting to the Exams channel, which will be visible to all members of the class. Any announcements or clarifications by the instructor will be posted to the Exams channel.

Final Exam

The final exam covers material from Topics 1-12. The unnumbered mini topics (refactoring, command line, design patterns) will not be examined. Topic 12e (iterators) will not be examined.

The exam begins at 9am Eastern time on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The exam will be of a length that could typically be completed in a 2-hour exam session. However, all students will have 48 hours to complete and submit the exam to Moodle. Therefore, the deadline for submission is 9am Eastern time on 5/13/21. Late submissions will be penalized by 5% per hour.

The exam can be downloaded from Moodle via a link which will be activated five minutes before the start of the exam.

Exam solutions should be submitted to Moodle at the Final Exam submission link.

All communication with the instructor should be via Microsoft Teams, either via private chat message or by posting to the Exams channel, which will be visible to all members of the class. Any announcements or clarifications by the instructor will be posted to the Exams channel.