% Practice Test README Information % Ian! D. Allen - - [www.idallen.com] % Fall 2015 - September to December 2015 - Updated 2015-12-17 10:50 EST - [Course Home Page] - [Course Outline] - [All Weeks] - [Plain Text] Practice Tests ============== Practice questions are samples only. The actual questions on the Midterms and Final Exam may be different. There may be a few new questions on the tests and exams that don't appear here. Slight variations in wording or formatting may mean that a question is shown as "new" even though a question similar to it appeared in a previous practice question set. Small changes generate "new" questions. You can also see previous midterm tests in the notes area of previous terms that I have taught this course. See my [Teaching Home Page]. Practice Test #1 ---------------- - Multi-page (two-up PDF) format: [practicetest1.pdf] - Practice questions for Midterm #1 in two-up format (less paper) - [Multi-column Answer File #1] Practice Test #2 ---------------- Each practice test tries not to include many questions from any previous practice test, but each real test is cumulative and includes questions from *all* previous practice tests. **To prepare for Midterm #2, use both practice test #1 and practice test #2.** - Multi-page (two-up PDF) format: [practicetest2.pdf] - Additional questions for Midterm #2 in two-up format (less paper) - [Multi-colum Answer File #2] Practice Test #3 ---------------- Each practice test tries not to include many questions from any previous practice test, but each real test is cumulative and includes questions from *all* previous practice tests. **To prepare for the final exam, use *all* the practice tests.** There are two practice question sets for the Final Exam: - Multi-page (two-up) format: [practicetest3A.pdf] - Additional questions for the final exam in two-up format (less paper) - [Multi-column Answer File #3A] - Multi-page (two-up) format: [practicetest3B.pdf] - Additional questions for the final exam in two-up format (less paper) - This 3B set contains questions about scripting and regular expressions. - [Multi-column Answer File #3B] - List of [Final Exam questions] - [**Final Exam most difficult questions from 15W**] PDF - [**Final Exam most difficult questions from 14F**] PDF Blackboard Quizzes ================== Blackboard has some Quizzes containing samples from the above question pools, but the quizzes will often repeat questions and not all practice questions may be sampled. If you want to see *all* the practice questions and only see each question *once*, use these PDF files, not just the online Quizzes. Real Tests and Exams ==================== Each real test is cumulative and includes questions from **all** previous tests and practice tests, especially questions that were not well-answered on previous tests. Read the [Test Instructions] (all the words) before each test. Midterm #1 ---------- Read the [Test Instructions] (all the words) before your first midterm test. For full marks, enter the correct information on the mark-sense form and on your question sheet. Midterm #1 includes questions on the entire course up to the week before the test. Midterm #2 ---------- Midterm #2 emphasizes material covered since Midterm #1, but it includes many questions from material covered in Midterm #1 (especially the questions from Midterm #1 that were not answered correctly). Midterm #2 includes questions on the entire course up to the week before the test, and that means it contains questions from *all* previous practice sets. The Final Exam -------------- The Final Exam is a comprehensive exam of **all** course material. The Final Exam emphasizes slightly material covered since Midterm #2, but it includes many questions from material covered in Midterm #1 and #2 (especially the questions from those tests that were not answered correctly). The Final Exam includes questions on the entire course, and that means it contains questions from *all* the practice question sets. -- | Ian! D. 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[practicetest1.pdf]: practicetest1.pdf [Multi-column Answer File #1]: practicetest1answers.txt [practicetest2.pdf]: practicetest2.pdf [Multi-colum Answer File #2]: practicetest2answers.txt [practicetest3A.pdf]: practicetest3A.pdf [Multi-column Answer File #3A]: practicetest3Aanswers.txt [practicetest3B.pdf]: practicetest3B.pdf [Multi-column Answer File #3B]: practicetest3Banswers.txt [Final Exam questions]: final_exam15F.txt [**Final Exam most difficult questions from 15W**]: final_exam15W.png [**Final Exam most difficult questions from 14F**]: final_exam14F.png [Test Instructions]: 000_test_instructions.html [Pandoc Markdown]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/