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Directions and preparing for Test #1
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-Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca

As mentioned on the course home page, your first test is in your lecture
period on Tuesday, January 31, 2006.  The test is about one hour long.

The test is closed book, except that you may have with you a "crib sheet".

A crib sheet is one side of one single piece of paper (metric A4 or
standard Letter size) filled with anything you want to put there.  You may
hand write the paper or you may machine print it with tiny letters -
you choose.  You can put text or pictures or programs or anything you
want there.  You can copy all the course notes onto the page, if you
can read it.  Magnifying glasses are permitted.  One side only.

You must prepare your own crib sheet.  You will submit your crib
sheet at the end of the test.  People who have copied crib sheets from
other people will have their marks divided by the number of copies.
Prepare your own crib sheet.

Put your name on your crib sheet.

Bring two sharp soft pencils (and a very good eraser) for the test.

The test is a set of multiple choice questions, filled out on blue
computer mark-sense "bubble" sheets using a soft pencil.  Bring a spare
pencil and a very good eraser.  The scanner that reads the sheets is
very sensitive - you must erase mistakes completely.

You must use your full, unabbreviated name on the test.  Use the name that
you have on file with the College registrar.  Do not use abbreviations
unless you have that abbreviation on file as your official name.

In the course notes under the new heading "Tests and Exams (with Answers)"
you will find many multiple-choice questions (with answers) similar to
those I will be using on the test:

    Practice Test #1 Questions
       practiceTest1.txt  (text format)
       practiceTest1.ps   (Postscript format)
       practiceTest1.pdf  (Portable Document Format)

All three practiceTest1 files contain the same questions in the same
order.  Choose the format that suits you.  The PDF or PostScript files
print best.  Each practice test file has the answer key at the end.

Test format summary:

Approximately one hour long.

About 50 multiple-choice questions.

Closed book, except for a one-sided single personal "crib sheet".