CSC104 Final Exam
Summer 2000

Location

The final exam for both sections of CSC104 will take place according to the following exam schedule.

What's Covered

The final exam is cumulative. That means it covers everything that has been presented in the tutorials, lectures, assigned text book readings, and assigned course supplemental notes, since the first class this term. In general, you'll find that the exam focuses on the material presented during the lectures.

Format

1. General information:
   • length: 3 hours.
   • no aids allowed.
   • point form answers are allowed, and preferred.
   • you will not get extra marks for rambling; stick to the point, and answer what has been asked.
   • the amount of space given for each question is sufficient to give the answer we are looking for.

2. Mark Breakdown:

      Hardware & number systems:     Part 1 ______ / 20
      Software Eng. & Visual Basic:  Part 2 ______ / 20
      Networks & Internet:           Part 3 ______ / 10
      Software:                      Part 4 ______ / 10
      History:                       Part 5 ______ / 10
      Society:                       Part 6 ______ / 10
      Theory:                        Part 7 ______ / 10
      Artificial Intelligence:       Part 8 ______ / 10
   
      Total Mark ______ / 100
   

3. Types of Questions are:
   • short answer
   • fill in the blanks
   • write visual basic code
   • match an answer with a definition
   • true or false
   • multiple choice

   The majority of the questions are short answer questions.

4. You are responsible for:
   • lecture material
   • assigned readings from the text book
   • assigned readings from the lecture notes package
   • basic tutorial material

Concentrate on the material that has been covered in the lectures, as this will comprise the majority of the exam. The final exam is perhaps more general than the midterm, but it will test your understanding of concepts more.

I would suggest reviewing old CSC104 exams from the Past Examinations web page (this web page is only viewable from U of T computers, unless you've set up a proxy server from home). Please note that exams that had "J. Lee" as the instructor are not as relevant. Many of the former CSC104 exams used Turing instead of Visual Basic for the programming questions. See if you can answer the programming questions using VB instead of Turing when asked to write a program. You can bring your solution to my office hours or to a TA office hour if you are not sure if your answer is correct.

For the Visual Basic questions on the final exam, we will give you a function's prototype and description, and you will need to fill in the body.