Exam 01

Exam
Modified

March 10, 2025

Overview

Exam 1 (the “prelim”) will be held on March 18th at 7:30pm in Ives 305. It will be a 90 minute in-person, timed-exam.

The exam will cover all material through the end of week 8. It will consist of a series of short answer and free response questions. Questions are designed to evaluate your understanding of concepts and methods from the first half of the course. You may be asked to answer conceptual questions, interpret visualizations, interpret code and output, and write code by hand.

Students with SDS accommodations

Students who have registered SDS accommodations related to timed assignments are implemented by the SDS Alternative Testing Program. You will receive separate instructions from SDS about how to take the exam with your accommodations. If you have any questions about your accommodations, please contact SDS directly.

Students with religious or other accommodations

If you require an accommodation for exam 01 on the basis of religious observances, athletics, military service, or another accommodation listed on the course syllabus, please contact us at info2951@cornell.edu by March 11th. Any accommodation requests received after this date are unlikely to be approved.

Rules & Notes

Academic Integrity

  1. A student shall in no way misrepresent his or her work.
  2. A student shall in no way fraudulently or unfairly advance his or her academic position.
  3. A student shall refuse to be a party to another student’s failure to maintain academic integrity.
  4. A student shall not in any other manner violate the principle of academic integrity.

Source: Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity

  • This is an individual assignment. Everything in the exam is for your eyes only.
  • The exam will be held in-person. All responses will be written by hand and submitted on paper.
  • You may not use any electronic devices during the exam.1 This includes laptops, tablets, phones, smartwatches, etc.
  • You may not use any physical materials during the exam. This includes textbooks, notes, calculators, etc. Any required information will be provided in the exam.

1 Students with certain SDS accommodations are permitted to use a computer.

Submission

  • All responses will be submitted on paper using the provided forms. Exams will not be returned to students, though you may request to review your exam in-person at a later date.

Grading

  • Exam 01 is worth 15% of your final grade.