Test 1 — Friday October 2

We know you can do well

You are ready now — For problem solving prowess — Your best will be shown

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Read this entire web page carefully.

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Always look both ways

• Back and ahead

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Word of the day

• honorable

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Corrections

• Part 1: Question 12 had problems. For people who have not yet taken the exam choose option D; that is, string 'b'.

• Part 1: Question 13: there is an extra p typo, I mean to have s.upper() not s.uppper().

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Downloads — do not click until you are ready to start the test

• Program fila.py

• Program lest.py

• Program mtom.py

• Program phrase.py

• Program tell.py

• Program ranly.py

 

• Module url.py (if you need it)

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Part 2 — programming

• Consists of six programming problems to be solved using PyCharm and uploaded to the class website. It is worth 60 points.

• The Part 2 PDF requires a username and password.

• Do not leave the test without checking that you have made six Test 1 submissions.

• The username is CS1112.

• The password is available at the start of the Collab Part 1, objective-format questions.

• Follow our class style practices; e.g., white space, identifier naming, etc.

• Comments are not necessary. However, explanatory comments might be helpful when going for partial credit.

• Do not upload test solutions after your test time is up. A time stamps tells us when you uploaded your submissions.

• You must use our downloads as the bases for your solutions.

• They include any necessary imports and in most cases provide starting code.

• Do not modify or delete any of the code in our program files.

• I believe any suggested algorithm is the most straightforward to solve a problem.

• Do not modify your solutions on your laptop once you have completed the test.

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Part 1 — short-answer objective question

• The object-format questions are available on Collab. It is worth 40 points.

• You will see on Collab two versions of Part 1.

• They have the same questions. One is for students in general; the other is for students with SDAC extended time accommodations.

• If for some reason you only see one version, user that one.

• Your time to complete the test begins with accessing the Part 1 questions.

• You are not to use PyCharm for any of the Part 1 questions.

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Important

• Read each test question thoroughly and mindfully of what is being asked. Only do and output what is requested. You can do the test in any order that you want.

• This pledged exam is closed notes. The only device you may access during the test is your laptop.

• The only code you may access or view are ones that you develop for this test.

• The only windows to be open on your computer are PyCharm and a single browser with tabs reachable from the class website.

• No cell phone or messaging access during the test.

• There are no intended trick questions. Each problem has a straight-forward answer. All programs have the same worth, so do them in the order that you find them easiest. They are asked in the order, that I thought would be easiest.

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Helpful documentation

• Info sheet

• Built-in functions

• Module list

• Module random

• Module str

• Local module url

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Access to course personnel during regularly scheduled class time

• In case there are problems with the test itself, the instructor will be available using during class on the Zoom link from 2:00 to 5:30 PM. All chatting must be private to me or the TAs during the test.

• Nadia Bassit, Ryan Green, and Ann Hoang will be available separately during class on Zoom from 2:00 to 3:30 PM to answer questions that are too involved for chatting. Use this link to talk to them. This Zoom session will start off with people in a waiting room. Your questions will be answered in turn. Last semester, the process was quick to get help.

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© 2020 Jim Cohoon

Resources from previous semesters are available.