Midterm 2 Information

Material covered

The exam will primarily focus on the material that we have discussed in lecture from recursive backtracking through the material on the List ADT up to and including iterators.

You can also expect some (non coding related) questions on the Stack and Queue ADT.

Remember that you can access all of the relevant lecture materials in the Lectures section of the course’s Blackboard site.

Exam details

• The exam will be held on Wednesday evening, April 3, 2019.

• The exam will run from 6:30-7:45 pm in the LAW Law Auditoreum:

• For students with special accommodations, the exam will run from 6:00-8:00 pm (note the earlier start time) in TBA.

• You must bring your BU ID to the exam, so that we can check it when you turn in your exam.

• You will have the full 75 minutes for the exam.

• You may not use any materials during the exam. In particular, you should turn off cell phones and other electronic devices and put them away.

• Once you leave the exam room, you may not return, so please use the restroom ahead of time.

Preparing for the exam

• One way to prepare is to review the pre-lecture materials and lecture notes and make a summary of the key points in your own words. “Boiling down” the material in this way is a great way to ensure that you really understand the key concepts.

• We also encourage you to do practice problems. Options include:

  • reviewing the questions from lecture. The online lecture notes include both the questions and–on the next slide–the answers.

  • redoing the lab exercises, the solutions for which are available on the Labs page.

  • some additional practice problems
    (Note: Solutions to these additional practice problems will be posted under Other Content on Blackboard as we get closer to the exam.)

  When working on practice problems, try to come up with your answers on paper, rather than through a trial-and-error approach on IDLE or in another programming environment. This will give you an experience that is similar to the one that you will have during the exam.

• Feel free to post questions on Piazza (using the midterm_exam2 tag) or to email the course instructor.