Final Exam

Where and When

• Where: Congdon Hall 2055
• When: Thursday, December 12, 3pm-6pm
  • The exam is not designed to be 3 hours long, but you will have the entire 3 hours at your disposal.
• Other
  • Please eat a snack before the exam. Eating in the lab is not permitted.
  • Bring a water bottle.
  • You may listen to music using headphones/earbuds at a volume that does not disturb others.

Exam Format and Rules

• A mix of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and long answer questions.
• You will not be programming in Visual Studio Code, but you may be asked to write or edit code snippets by hand.
• You may use your own hand-written notes, class worksheets (but not Git or CLI cheatsheets), and scrap paper. No other resources are permitted.
• Honor Code violations on the final exam result in a course grade of F.
• Failure to submit the final exam results in a course grade of F.

Content

• Describing the phases of the Software Lifecycle and how they are organized into Software Process Models.
• Describing Operating Systems concepts.
• Writing a good Problem Statement when provided a high-level description of the program goals.
  • Assignment 1.A - Writing a specification
  • Assignment 1.B - Implementing the specification
  • Assignment 3, Part A - Meteoric Problem Statement
• Creating a control flow graph for a given function.
  • Assignment 2 - Unit Testing
• Writing or analyzing unit tests for a given function, including:
  • assert statements
  • computing line coverage by hand
  • testing if exceptions are raised using pytest functions
  • Assignment 2 - Unit Testing
  • Assignment 3, Part B and Part C
• Applying the six code-level design rules.
  • Assignment 3, Part B and Part C
• Describing version control concepts and applying them to given scenarios:
  • Creating a visual diagram like this one showing the state of Git repos (a) after running a set of Git commands, or (b) based on git log output.
  • Entering the appropriate git command or sequence of commands for common scenarios, such as creating a new version, staging changes, creating a new branch, merging, and interacting with the remote repository.
  • Explaining the proper process of merging branches, including in the presence of merge conflicts.
  • Resolving merge conflicts in a given block of code while preserving functionality.

Review the three quizzes:

• Quiz 1 - OS, CLI, Debugging Concepts
• Quiz 2 - Testing, CFGs, and more
• Quiz 3 - Design Rules and Version Control