Anne Dawson: The Midterm Exam - CSCI101 

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CSCI101 students: 

THE MIDTERM EXAM
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The midterm exam is a 2 hour written exam.

*** Students must bring their student cards for inspection before the exam. ***

The midterm exam is worth 30% of the final grade. 

Students must attain an overall passing grade on
the weighted average of the two exams in the course 
in order to obtain a clear pass (C or better).

The midterm exam will focus on the topics covered in the 
first part of the course (before midterm):

C++ fundamentals,
decisions, repetition
program development, documentation
procedural abstraction and functions
value and reference parameters
classes, objects, abstract data types
file I/O, character I/O
introduction to software engineering


This material is covered in Chapters 1 - 6.

The midterm exam will be composed of a mix of questions:

Part 1 of the exam is made up of 
30 multiple choice questions
worth 1% each to a total of 30%.

Part 2 of the exam is made up of 
20 true/false questions
worth 1% each to a total of 20%.

Part 3 of the exam is composed of a number 
of predict-the-output questions
worth a total of 20%. 

Part 4 is a programming question
worth 30% of the exam.


For Parts 3 and 4 of the exam, marks will be awarded for
partially correct answers. 

GPA
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Your attendance and progress is monitored throughout the course.
Students receive regular status reports.
Students may also collect a copy of their
current status report from the Computer Science office
during the instructor's office hours.

The date of the midterm exam is shown in the course schedule.  

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Good Luck!
AHD
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