1 About Exams

In general, exams will contain three kinds of questions: short answer (e.g., true-false, multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank), code tracing (i.e., you are given a code fragment and asked to trace its execution), and programming (i.e., you are asked to design and/or write code to accomplish a particular task).

2 Studying for Exams

There is no single best source of information. You should review all of the following.

• Programming Assignments
• Readings
• Lectures
• Questions to Think About from PAs
• Sample Exam Questions (see below)

Questions can and will be taken from all of these materials.

3 Sample Exam Questions

Sample questions will be made available shortly before each exam. These questions should not be construed as a study guide. They do not provide information about what you should and/or shouldn't study. They only provide information on the form/style of the questions you can expect to see on the exam.

Note that the answers to the sample questions will not be made available. (Of course, you can easily check your answers to the code-tracing and programming questions by executing the code.) This is to help you avoid focusing too much attention on the specifics of these questions. Instead, you should try and answer different variants of each question. Then you should discuss the questions and answers with other students enrolled in the course.

4 Reference Cards

You will be provided with reference cards in UML that provide an overview of all of the classes (and more) you might need to complete the exam.