Final Exam Information

CSci 127: Introduction to Compute Science
Hunter College, City University of New York
Spring 2021

General Information

• The exam:

  9-11am, Monday, 24 May
  on Gradescope

• It will cover the material in:
  • Programs 1-60,
  • Quizzes,
  • Lab Exercises, and
  • Lecture notes.

The final exam will be administered via Gradescope, its format will be similar to that of the Lab Quizzes, albeit longer (you can think of the format as being like having all the quizzes combined into one long exam). All questions will be displayed on one page, so you will need to scroll down more than you would on a quiz.
Here is a video that illustrates what taking an online assignment on Gradescope looks like for students.

• Past Exams (keep in mind that these are written exams, the online version will be similar in content but differ in format):
  • Fall 2019:
    • Mock Exam: Exam and Answer Key.
    • Version 1 (Green): Exam and Answer Key
    • Version 2 (Purple): Exam and Answer Key
    • Version 3 (Blue): Exam and Answer Key
  • Spring 2019:
    • Mock Exam: Exam and Answer Key.
    • Version 1 (Green): Exam and Answer Key
    • Version 2 (Purple): Exam and Answer Key
    • Version 3 (Blue): Exam and Answer Key
  • Fall 2018:
    • Mock Exam: Exam and Answer Key
    • Version 1 (yellow): exam and answer key
    • Version 2 (pink): exam and answer key
    • Version 3 (orange): exam and answer key
    • Version 4 (green): exam and answer key
  • Summer 2018 Exam: Exam and answer key
  • Spring 2018:
    • Mock Exam: Exam and Answer Key
    • Version 1 (green): exam and answer key
    • Version 2 (blue): exam and answer key
    • Version 3 (purple): exam and answer key
  • Fall 2017 Exams:
    • Sample Exam: Exam and Answer Key
    • Mock Exam: Exam and Answer Key
    • Version 1 (yellow): exam and answer key
    • Version 2 (green): exam and answer key
    • Version 3 (purple): exam and answer key
    • Version 4 (blue): exam and answer key

Exam Rules

When taking the exam, you strongly encourage you have with you:

• pens or pencils
• scrap paper
• a two-sided 8.5" x 11" page of notes.

You must be enrolled in the course to take the exam.

The exam will become available on Gradescope at 9am on the date of the exam.

The exam will automatically close after 2 hours from the time you start and it will automatically save your answers.

You must start the exam within 15 minutes of 9am to take advantage of the full 2 hours.

All exams will end at 11:15am if you started at 9:15 or later.

You must secure a stable Internet connection to take the exam.

How to Prepare

• Make sure you do all the problems that have been assigned. The problems (or parts of them) make excellent exam questions.
• Work through the past exams. These (or variations of them) often appear on exams.
• While you can print your one page of notes, preparing it by hand is an excellent way to study. A great way to prepare the notes is to condense the Skeletal Notes and Focus Questions you have been taking when working on each lab during the semester (these are available at the top of each lab to help you take notes and study during the semester). These are great for reviewing and generating the exam notes. Go through each set of lab notes and notes from each lecture and consolidate your list to fit on a single sheet of paper. Include standard formats or templates for coding constructs and design patterns, as well as samples of recurring themes.