Anne Dawson: The Midterm Exam - CSCI110 

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CSCI110 students: 

THE MIDTERM EXAM


The midterm exam is a 90 minute written 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):

problem solving
debugging techniques
program development, documentation
VB fundamentals
decisions
event procedures, general procedures
pre-defined functions, user-defined functions
introduction to software engineering


This material is covered in Chapters 1 - 5 and Appendix D.

 
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

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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