Computer Science

Tests and Exams

Exam Information

Exam Date: Friday 9 June 2006
Time: 9.15 - 11.30 am

Test Information

Date: Monday 8 May, 2006
Time: 6.25pm - 7.30pm

Room Students with Surnames
PLT1 A -- L
MLT1 M -- Z

Test format, etc.

  • One-hour test, short-answer questions
  • Answers are to be written on the question paper
  • No calculators are allowed
  • Test cover material presented/discussed in lectures for first half of semester, i.e. up to 13 April

Study Guide for 2006 Terms Test

Nevil's `study guide' slides for the tutorial, Mon 8 May

Important notes

  • Students who have conflicts with other tests must contact me as soon as possible so that alternative arrangements may be made for the test.
  • Look under the exams Web page for some past exams and tests.
Recent tests and examinations are given at the end of this page.

General instructions

While I thought that many of these instructions would have been general knowledge or common sense, experience shows otherwise.
  • Put your name and ID number legibly on the front page of the question/answer book. A name such as "Fred" or "Elsie" is not enough, even if it is readable.
  • Put your ID number on the top of every other page.
  • If you need more space than is provided for your answer to a question, continue your answer in one of the `extra space' pages at the end of the question/answer book. Indicate clearly that you have done this!
  • Include some explanation and units. Unless the answer is "put the right number in the box", some explanation is usually required. If the answer is a physical quantity, the units are an essential part of the answer.
  • Please do not use red pen in your answers. We use red pen for marking; red answers can be most confusing. We ask that you DO NOT use pencil (except for diagrams) -- the pencil can get blunt and the writing very faint. Answer scripts are often photocopied and blunt pencil often copies as nothing.
  • Multicoloured inks and correcting fluid are not needed.
  • Judge your time and answer length. The examination has 120 minutes for 100 marks. Allowing 1 minute per mark gives 100 minutes, with 20 minutes left to check answers, complete answers and other unfinished business. If you run out of time for an answer, STOP and go on to the next question. There may be time later to come back and complete the answer.
    Do Not write a page for a 1 or 2 mark answer -- 2 or 3 lines of writing per mark should be all that is needed.

Study Guide slides for 2005

Nevil's `study guide' slides from the last lecture

Past tests

Here are the test papers for the last few years. They include model answers in-line.

Past exams

Here are some examination questions from the period 1997 to the present.  These may be useful as a study guide.  No model answers are available for the exam questions.

From 1997-2004, this class was usually supervised by Peter Fenwick.  From 2005, this class has been supervised by Nevil Brownlee.  The syllabus and teaching staff has changed over time, and the style of examination questions has also changed.  You may not even recognise the topics for some of the questions, let alone be able to answer them.