CIS 110 Exams

CIS 110 exams are governed by rules designed to prevent distraction to other exam takers. We ask that you follow these rules not only to maintain the integrity of the exam, but also out of respect for your fellow students.

Arrangements and regulations

You must take the exam at the scheduled time and location unless you have received explicit permission otherwise. Oversleeping and late arrival are not valid reasons to make up an exam.
Students entitled to special accommodations must arrange to take their exam at SDS.
You will be required to submit a doctor's note if you miss an exam due to illness.
You may not use any notes, books, papers, calculators, cellular phones, laptop or tablet computers, smartwatches, or recording devices in the exam. Doing so constitutes a violation of the Penn Code of Academic Integrity.

Before the examination

Turn off cell phones and other noise-making devices before entering the exam room. If your phone rings or vibrates in the exam room, you will receive a significant point deduction.
Exams begin on time. If you are more than 15 minutes late to your scheduled exam, you will not be seated. In no event will you receive extra time to compensate for arriving late.
When you arrive, a proctor will seat you, starting in the front of the room and working back. You may not choose your own seat. Space permitting, we seat students in alternate seats, two rows out of three. This ensures that proctors can reach everyone quickly and quietly to answer questions during the exam. If you are left-handed, proctors will help you find a left-handed desk to sit at.
You may not leave the exam room during the first 30 minutes or last 15 minutes of the exam. Additional restrictions may be imposed if you are taking a makeup exam.
Food and drink are forbidden. Spills are extremely distracting to your fellow students.

Instructions

If there is a multiple-choice section, you will complete it on a separate bubble sheet; we strongly recommend that you bring #2 pencils and an eraser.
To complete the free-response section, please use blue or black ink; do not use red or pink ink, which are colors we use for grading.
If you require extra space for the free-response questions, you may use the backs of the exam pages or the extra sheets at the end of the exam. Proctors can provide additional paper if required. Clearly indicate on the question page where the graders can find the work that you would like graded.

After the examination

You must stop writing as soon as time is called. If you do not stop writing promptly, you may receive zero points on the exam.
You must attach all paper, including scratch paper, to your exam when you submit it. We are not responsible for any loose pages of your exam. Proctors will provide staplers to attach any additional sheets.
You should prepare to provide photo identification when you submit your exam: please bring your PennCard.
Please submit your examination paper to the correct pile as instructed by the proctors.
You are prohibited from taking any paper out of the exam room.
You may not discuss the exam until after you are told that all students have taken it.

Common midterm details

We will be holding the midterm exam in the room where we do recitation.

Date Tuesday 18 July

Time 10am - 12pm

Venue You will do the exam in your recitation room. This is being done so that we have more space.

Checklist

Please bring the following items to your exam. We cannot guarantee that we can provide spare items, and there will likely not be a pencil sharpener.

Sharpened #2 pencils and an eraser
Blue or black pens
Your PennCard

Please do not bring the following items. You will not be allowed to use them.

Red or pink pens
Calculators of any description
Any notes or books; any paper, even if blank
Food or drink (unless medically necessary)
Cellular phones, laptop or tablet computers, smartwatches, or recording devices

Topics covered

What will be on the exam?

Anything we have covered in lecture, homeworks, the reading assignments, and/or recitation is fair game for the midterm. It is reasonable to assume that topics we have dealt with more extensively are likely to feature more prominently than topics we have only touched on, although anything is possible.

Will X be on the exam?

Please refer to the previous two sections. To ensure all students receive identical information about what will and will not be on the exam, course staff have been instructed to refer students to this page without commenting further.

Previous exams

Please bear in mind that the selection and order of topics varies somewhat from semester to semester, so previous exams may include questions that are not relevant to this semester, and they may not cover all topics that may be examined this semester.

Term	Questions	Answers	Median	Total points	Standard deviation	Corrigenda
Summer 2017	Questions	Answers	39.5	55	11.6
Summer 2016	Questions	Answers	32.7	55	11.8
Fall 2015	Questions	Answers	52	68	12.02
Fall 2015 Makeup	Questions	Answers	52	68	12.02
Summer 2015
Spring 2015	Questions	Answers	67	98	14.56
Fall 2014	Questions	Answers	56	73	9.99
Summer 2014	Questions	Answers				5: the last bug is in line 6, which should read "tossCoins(Integer.parseInt(args[0]))" 6.2: we did not require you to add spaces between the component Strings in strArr
Spring 2014	Questions	Answers	66.5	90	13.67	Correct answer to 2, fifth last row: String, "Life = 6" Alternate answer to 2, second last row: int; 67
Fall 2013	Questions	Answers	73.5	100	16.28
Summer 2013	Questions	Answers	49	85	15.57
Spring 2013	Questions	Answers	67	90	14.73
Fall 2012	Questions	Answers	28	50	7.11
Summer 2012	Questions	Answers	40	60	11.24
Spring 2012	Questions	Answers	29	50	6.76

Please post on Piazza if you suspect there is a correction needed in any of the above files.

Common final details

The final exam is on

Date Thursday 3 Aug
Time During class
Venue TBD