Final exam preparation, for exclusive use by
PSCB57 students at UTSC
Final exam preparation
Final will cover everything that we were discussing in Lectures and Tutorials in all
the course. Roughly 2/3 of exam will be from material encountered after the midterm,
and only 1/3 from before the midterm. The preparation material for the first
part of the course was given before here. Sample problems and questions below are ONLY
from the second part of the course (L6 to L12).
Python usage to the extent explained in the Izaac et al. textbook is required,
as is the knowledge of topics mentioned by your instructor during Lectures (which
we hope you all attended) from the Turner et al. (2018) textbook.
There will be no completely new things! The format and approximate level of
difficulty of the final exam is the same as of the midterm, of course taking into
account that you now know more Python than before.
Use our web page
and the coding page
to prepare.
Template of the exam (both midterm and final)
midtermB57-templ.pdf
This is exactly how your exam will look like - except the contents
of the problems will be different :-)
Please familiarize yourself with the preamble of this document - you won't
lose time reading this text at the top during the exam!
Quiz and Problems
There will be two parts to both midterm and final exams. One is Quiz, a set
of Y/N or multiple choice questions (that will be decided later).
http://planets.utsc.utoronto.ca/~pawel/PSCB57/finprepQ-2019.txt
contains sample questions, to illustrate the style.
The Problems part will be done in your head and on the blank side of the pages in
the exam booklet - use the lined pages as a place to write final versions of
whatever solution you submit. That's not a strict rule. If you wish you can
write the solution on the lined pages right away, we would just like to be sure
that we are not omitting any important things, that's why we ask you to use
(and mark at the top as such) the left pages of your booklet as "Scratchpad"
were you develop your ideas.
There may be three to four coding and theory-based problems requiring
writing. Code needs to be well commented.
http://planets.utsc.utoronto.ca/~pawel/PSCB57/finprepP-2019.txt
contains sample problems.
Own notes
Use the opportunity to create your own 6 pages (3 sheets) of handwritten notes.
You can write anything you want on these pages.
Use of aids
Computers will not be used during the final exam. Calculator is
allowed and encouraged, but no communication devices of any kind are allowed.
Time and date
The final exam will be held in MW170,
9:00-12:00, on Friday 6 Dec 2019. Be there on time, in order not to distract
others.
(c) Pawel Artymowicz 2019/
pawel@utsc.utoronto.ca
