Systems Architecture
121 Mid-Term Exam

Here is some information about the mid-term exam.

• It will be held in the lab in Week 7: date as yet unknown.
• It is a formal part of your course assessment; only very serious reasons for missing the exam will be accepted.
• The exam is open-book, and is 1 hour 50 minutes long. The exam is worth 25% of your course assessment.
• You may bring a calculator to the exam.
• The exam will cover the material from Weeks 1 to 6. See the lecture & lab notes for these weeks to know what you should study.
• You will answer all questions on the question sheet. You do not need to bring your own paper.
• There will probably be 4 or 5 questions.
• Details of the questions types will be here soon.
• In total, there are 25 marks available on the exam; you should try to spend no more than 4 minutes per mark.
• If you communicate with anybody during the exam, use electronic devices, or see another student's answers, you will be severely penalised.
• Note: If you don't understand a question, or need clarification on what it is asking, you can ask the lecturer to explain the question in another way. You cannot ask if your answer is correct etc.
• The questions on the exam were designed using Bloom's taxonomy. There will be questions that:
  • test your basic knowledge from this course;
  • test your comprehension of the material;
  • ask you to apply this knowledge and comprehension to obtain some answers; and
  • ask you to analyse scenarios using your knowledge.
• Please remember to go to the toilet before you come to the exam, and to switch off your mobile phone when you are in the exam.

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