Anne Dawson: The Midterm Exam - CSCI201

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CSCI201 students: 

THE MIDTERM EXAM
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The midterm exam is a 2 hour written exam.
The midterm exam is worth 25% 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):

Algorithm Analysis
Stacks and Queues
Linked Lists and Deques
Method Stacks
Recursion
Trees
Binary Trees
Tree Traversal Methods
Priority Queues


This material is covered in Weeks 1 - 6.

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

Part 1 of the exam is made up of
10 multiple choice or true/false questions
on a mix of topics (worth 3% each to a maximum of 30%).

Part 2 of the exam is composed of
10 short-answer questions
on a mix of topics (worth 3% each to a maximum of 30%).

Part 3 is a written question worth 20% of the exam.

Part 4 is a programming question worth 20% of the exam.

For Parts 2, 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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