HW Exam

Contents

• HW Exam Overview
• Distribution, Work, and Submission
• Allowed Resources
• Topics
• Study Materials

HW Exam Overview

• The exam timeline is marked on the calendar:
  • preview: Friday 3 March
  • available: Handed out in class Tuesday 7 March
  • due: beginning of lecture (or slip under the door to Lyn's office = SCI W120) Friday 17 March
• Exam logistics are discussed in class on the preview date.
• Within the window from the available time to the due time, you may work on the exam whenever you want and for as long as you want, without supervision, subject to the policies on allowed resources.
• The exam is designed to require “a few hours” for a prepared student.
• The exam is structured like a paper exam, not a programming project, covering topics listed below.
• Some study suggestions are included below.

Distribution, Work, and Submission

Pick up Exam:

The exam will be handed out in person and must be picked up from Lyn. Typically, this would be done at the end of class the day of the exam. If there are additional office hours, the exam can be picked up during office hours.

Work on the exam:

You can work on the exam in small chunks or in one sitting. Please be sure to review the exam policies.

Submit the exam:

The exam must be submitted by the time specified in the calendar, unless an explicit individual extension has been granted by Lyn. It can be submitted in person to Lyn, or slipped under the door to Lyn’s office (SCI W120).

Allowed Resources

The exam is subject to the Honor Code, with the following policies for allowed resources:

• Human resources:
  • Exam work is strictly individual.
  • You may ask Lyn clarifying questions about the exam via private messages.
  • You may not communicate about the exam with anyone except Lyn.
  • You may not give or receive help on the exam, share the exam itself, or share solutions.
• Reference resources:
  • The exam allows use of all materials included in the CS 240 website (any URL that starts with https://cs.wellesley.edu/~cs240/s23/), as well as electronic or physical textbooks and videos listed or linked on the topics page or lab page, and any assignment sample solutions shared by the instructors.
  • The exam also allows use of any material linked from the exam itself.
  • The exam allows use of your own CS 240 course notes and CS 240 course work.
  • No other resources are allowed. For example, you may not consult outside web resources such as a web search, StackOverflow, or materials for other courses.
• Computational resources:
  • You may access the reference resources stated above.
  • All other computational resources are prohibited for exam work: unless explicitly stated otherwise in the exam itself:
    • You may not run compilers, interpreters, or debuggers to assist with the exam.
    • You may not use a calculator or number converters to assist with the exam.

Topics

• The exam focoses on topics under the Computational Building Blocks part of the course.
  • ⁺Optional topics are excluded.
  • Later topics, starting with Programming with Memory, are excluded.
• The exam assumes familiarity with the concepts used by assignments associated with the exam topics.

Study Materials

The following materials may be of use in studying for the exam:

• Lecture slides, videos, and associated exercises
• Lab exercises
• Assignments
• The chapters we have used in the DDCA and CSAPP books include many good problems. Inventing problems by making small changes to homework/lab problems is also useful.