Lecture 26 - Exam & Revision

Availability & Assignments

The times that I am available during swot vac and the exam period will be on my office door.
The assignments will be marked before the exam. I intend to have them ready on Monday 16th June. I will put a note on the web under Latest News when they are marked. The assignments will be available from the business office during the usual hours.

Revision

When revising, put yourself in exam conditions to test your knowledge of the work. Simply reading your notes is a poor way to prepare for an exam.
Finish all tutorials
Try doing problems in exam conditions.
The practise exams and tutorials are the best guide to the type of question that might be asked on the exam.

Practise Exams

Practice exams (1 & 2) are available showing the examples of the types of questions that might be asked in the exam.
The practise exams are handed out in this class. A solution to practise exam 1 will be included.
There is no published solution to practise exam 2. Have a serious attempt at the questions and see your tutor if you have problems. If you see your tutor about the exam questions, they will be interested in seeing your solution (or attempt at a solution) to the question.

Old Exams

There are no exam papers in the library for after 2002. The practise exams mentioned above should be used instead. They are better than old exams as they are updated to reflect the current subject.

You may find the old exams useful, although not all questions are relevant. Some questions from old exams that may be useful for revision are: 2002 Exam, 2001 Exam, 2000 Exam,

Exam

2.5 hours
60% of the marks for the subject
Minimum of 40% on the exam and 50% overall to pass the subject
Closed book exam
60 marks (2.5 minutes per mark)
Non programmable calculators may be used
Non-electronic translation dictionaries may be used by NESB students

Exam Format

Question 1: Desk Check (11 marks)

You will be given some pseudocode involving subroutines and will be required to desk check the code.

Question 2: Problem Solving (10 marks)

You are required to write pseudocode to solve a problem with selection, iteration and data validation.

Question 3: Full written answers (12 marks)

You will be given 5 topics covered this semester and will be required to give written answers covering 4 of the topics.

Question 4: Access Basic (14 marks)

You are required to find the syntax arrors in some Basic code and also convert some pseudocode to Bacis code.

Question 5: Unix (13 marks)

The question on Unix will be similar to the Unix question on the third assignment.