Final Info

General Info

• Final exam on Saturday, December 14th 2024 7pm-10pm in SRYE 1002.
  • Everyone will write in the one room (we can just fit!)
• Likely designed for 2 hours, but you'll have 3 hours to write.
• May not be able to write exam if later than 60 minutes.
• No sample Dr. Brian final exam is available; see midterm info page for sample midterm exam which has a similar structure to the final.
  Sample questions from Toby Donaldson (C++), ignore section on Enumerated types.
• If sick or unable to attend exam, student must email Dr. Brian a completed Self Declaration Form in order to be considered for writing the makeup final later.

Material

• Course material summary.
• Lectures: Cumulative for whole course; likely weighted more heavily towards end of course.
• All assignments and project.
• All labs.
• Textbook material not covered in lecture is not testable; textbook may give better understanding of topics we did cover.
  • suggested exercises from 10th ed of the textbook.
  • suggested exercises from 9th ed of the textbook.

Resources in Exam

• You are allowed one 8.5" x 11" sheet of notes: hand written, double sided. You can write anything you like on it.
• No other aids permitted, such as: calculators, textbooks, dictionaries, cell-phones, smart-watches, pocket-gnome, poll-the-audience, or ask-a-friend.
• I will be happy to explain non-technical terms.

Possible Question Types

• Multiple choice. Warning: These can be challenging questions!
• Short answer.
• Understand, explain, and writing C++ code and algorithms.
• Exam is written on paper: no computers.

Exam Directions

• Find a seat with an exam.
  • Do not sit near your friends or study-mates: they think like you do!
  • If you like to look around, then sit at the front.
• Take out:
  • Your Student ID
  • Writing tools: pens, pencils, eraser, whiteout...
  • Water bottle, cookies...
  • 1 page (double sided) of notes sheet.
• Put everything else at the front of the room.
  • Cell phones and smart-watches off and at front. Not for checking time.
• Fill out the front of the exam.
• Any academic dishonesty may lead to a grade of 0 for the entire exam.
  • Touching a cell phone / smart-watch during the exam will be considered academic dishonesty.
• Communicate only with a TA or the instructor.
  • Do not look around room at other students.
  • When thinking, look up, not around the room.
• Cover your paper as much as reasonably possible.
• You have 180 minutes once told to begin.
• You may not leave the exam during the first 60 minutes, or the last 30 minutes.

Office Hours

• Regular TA and instructor office hours continue up to and including Dec 2nd.
• After Dec 2nd, office hours are:
  • Dr. Brian Office Hours
    • Fri Dec 6th 10am-12pm, 2pm-3pm - Lab (SRYE 4013) [New Time]
    • Mon Dec 9th 10am-11:30am - On Discord
    • Wed Dec 11th 10am-2pm - Office (SRYE 5102)
    • Fri Dec 13th 12:30pm-2:30pm - Office (SRYE 5102)
  • TA Discord Office Hours
    • Wed, Dec 11: Brian R. 4pm-7pm on Discord
    • Thur, Dec 12: Ikenna 2pm-5pm on Discord
    • Fri, Dec 13: Reyhaneh 2:30pm-5pm on Discord

Final Exam Viewing

• Tuesday, Dec 17th 11am-2:30pm, in the lab (SRYE 4013).
• I'm happy to discuss marking and correct marking errors.
  Negotiating/insisting on more marks will lead to a remark of entire exam. Grade may go up or down!
• (Note: Time and room adjusted).

Good luck!