Tecs 101 End-Term Exam

Here is some information about the end-term exam.

• Date: 20th April, 3pm, Sports hall.
• The exam is open-book, and is 2 hours long. The exam is worth 30% of your course assessment.
• You may bring a calculator to the exam.
• The exam will cover the material from Weeks 1 to 12. Read the textbook and listen to the lecture recordings to know what you should study. Note that we did not cover the VM part 2, the compiler part 2 (i.e. code generation), nor the Operating System section.
• Question One consists of five multiple-choice, each worth 1 mark each.
• Question Two is a general question worth 9 marks where you will write in English, not in code.
• Question Three is a general question worth 6 marks where you will write in English, not in code.
• Question Four is a part-English, part-coding question worth 10 marks. You should expect to deal with Jack code, VM code and/or Hack assembly code.
• In total, there are 30 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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