What to study/Going into the exam

Since the end date for SLOG is before the exam date, I thought I should provide my current plan for how I am going to study for the exam.

I think it is much simpler to study for this exam if we were to break it up into 5 parts:

     1) General basic knowledge

·         This will be done by mainly relying on the lecture notes and studying the slides

·         You also can’t underestimate the additional notes that were posted on the website

·         I also found from previous tests that some basic searches online helps a lot to understand the topics better

·         Don’t worry too much on small details/facts because most questions on the past tests have been conceptual and based on a idea (all word questions for basic knowledge part

·         If the exam is anything like test 2, then this section is very critical as half of the marks from test 2 was based on general knowledge on lecture notes and additional notes that were posted on the website

     2) Calculations

·         Although this is 100 level course and there aren't many calculations that has to be done, there are still some calculations within the course such as the binary to decimal and vise-versa

·         Since you know if the exam is anything like the past tests, it will have the general knowledge questions (usually word questions) then couple of calculation question that may have to do with Dr.Racket codes or just basic calculations we learned from the course such as Boolean outputs

      3) Coding (Dr.Racket)

·         This section is probably what is viewed as most difficult component of the test, however I think this is perhaps the easiest

·         First of all, we had a lot of time to deal with all the functions that would be mentioned on the test since we had tutorial and quiz every week that we had to prepare for

·         Secondly, professor told us that if we do not know a specific function and how it works, we can ask for that. Thus, we shouldn’t have any problem with a specific definition that we are not familiar with. Which implies that the only thing we have to worry about is the concept behind these functions and its capabilities

·         Lastly, in order to get more familiar with Dr.Racket, I am planning to re-do all the recommended questions and mainly focus ones that has answers as well so I can always double check if I did the coding correctly, rather than expecting that I did

Make sure to look over past exams and our previous quizzes which will give us a huge hint on how the exam will be formatted.

Good luck studying everyone!