Final exam
Exam information:
- 3 hours long
- on paper (no computers, no calculators)
- closed book
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We will provide some function and method descriptions
like those you get from
help(). - The focus will be on writing and reading (understanding) Python code.
Here are some past exams:
How to study for the exam
The exam will require you to read and write code, and to consider how to test code. To study for the exam, read and write code and think about testing. That is, you learn by doing, and you get better by practising.
Problems to practise on:
- Do any examples in the worksheets that weren't done in class, or that you don't have notes for. You can post your solutions on the course bulletin board if you're not sure of them.
- If you didn't have time to finish all the work in recent labs, do it now.
- Pick the short-looking exercises from the text. (Test questions can't be as long as serious programming problems.)
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Of course, look at old tests and exams.
However, be aware that previous offerings of the course
might have had a somewhat different emphasis, especially
in the last month or so.
Another disclaimer: this is the first time I've taught this course, and I certainly don't guarantee that my questions will have the same feel as earlier ones.
Discuss your solutions on the bulletin board. Other students will help, and it will be good for everybody.
And remember: even though the exam is on paper, you should make sure you try out all your answers on a computer. It intensifies the practice and increases the fun.
Here are the first page and the last few pages of the exam you will write:
Midterm test
There will be one midterm test, worth 15%. You will write it during the regular lecture time, in the regular lecture room.
Test information:
- 60 minutes long
- on paper (no computers, no calculators)
- closed book
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We will provide some function and method descriptions
like those you get from
help(). - The focus will be on writing and reading (understanding) Python code.
Some past term tests — now including this term's: