Final Exam

We will have our final exam on Thursday, June 13 at 6:00 PM GMT. Here are the details:

You can access the exam on OnlineExamMaker here: https://t.onlineexammaker.com/doexam/pQEOjonqLl1.html.

Date and time

  • Held during Week 10 during our normal class time: Thursday, June 13 at 6:00 PM GMT
  • You can access the link to the final exam ahead of time, but it won't be enabled until 6:00 PM GMT the day of the exam

Material

  • Everything that was covered during the term, with an emphasis on weeks 5 - 9
  • Excludes the following lessons:
    • Floyd-Warshall algorithm (week 7)
    • Stable marriage problem (week 7)
    • Linear programming (week 8)
    • Duality (week 8)
    • Reductions (week 9)

Format

  • Administered online using a tool called OnlineExamMaker
  • You can prepare and use any amount of notes on paper, but no other resources on the computer or Internet are allowed
  • 75 minute exam from the time you begin
  • Be sure to start the test between 6:00 - 6:15 PM GMT (it will close after that point)
  • Exam will be composed of 20 multiple choice questions, shown one at a time
  • You can't go back and change your answer after moving on to the next question
  • We won't be using Zoom during the exam; you can just access the exam individually when you're ready
  • Plan to have scratch paper for tracing/diagramming etc.

Proctoring software

  • The exam website is also a proctoring service
  • It will ask you to turn your camera on, and will take some pictures at random during the test
  • It will flag any activity such as closing the test, changing programs, switching tabs, etc. If you do this too many times, it will close the exam and you will not be able to continue. Once you start the exam, you should expect to stay on the exam page and complete each question without any interruptions or using your computer for anything else.
  • It disables copy and paste during the test
  • It gives us the option to monitor your activity

Exam environment

  • Plan to be in a test-taking environment
  • Quiet, mostly private

Practice exam

There is a practice exam that you can take here: https://t.onlineexammaker.com/doexam/6QZO0aDmLJz.html. It is the same type of questions that will be on the final exam, but is only half the length (10 questions).

Questions

If you have any questions leading up to the exam, please ask in #dsa2-help on Discord or reach out to the instructor.