Exam 1 is held in lecture on Thursday, October 26, 2023. Please arrive on time so that we can start the exam promptly. You will have 75 minutes to complete the exam.
Unless you have already made arrangements with the instructor, you must take the exam during the lecture section in which you are registered.
The exam covers all course material through the lecture on Thursday, October 19, 2023. The problems may involve conceptual aspects of the course material, algorithmic/procedural aspects of the course material (especially as covered in homework assignments), and mathematical aspects of the course material. You may be asked to read and answer questions about Python/pseudocode code, and you may be asked to write pseudocode (by hand).
Update (10/6): The exam will cover Homework 3, since that assignment concerns course material prior to the October 19 lecture. We will make the solutions available before the exam.
For this exam, you can use the following:
If you do not have a handheld calculator, you may write numerical answers in terms of standard elementary functions.
You cannot use any of the following:
You must not communicate with anyone (except possibly for TAs and the instructor) while taking the exam. The answers you submit must be your own. You must not give or receive any unauthorized assistance. You must not distribute any handwritten, printed, or electronic copies of this exam or your answers, either in part or in full, except to submit your answers to the instructor.
The best way to prepare for the exam is to review the course notes, readings, homework problems and homework solutions. There are no sample exams available.
Please see Ed Discussion for announcements about review sessions. We do plan to record these review sessions when possible.
After exam grades are released on Gradescope, you will have four work days to submit any regrade requests. The regrade request must be submitted using the facilities in Gradescope, and must be accompanied by a detailed explanation of what the grading error is. Any request that does not meet these requirements will be ignored, including requests that simply express an opinion that the grade is too low, or requests that do not explain what the grading error is. You are encouraged to come to office hours to discuss your exam grades with the course staff. We will evaluate the regrade requests after the regrade deadline has passed, and will not consider any regrade requests submitted after the deadline. Please note that we reserve the right to regrade any part of the entire exam, which may result in a lower grade.