Midterm 1 Information

Time:7pm-9pm Wednesday February 13
Location:
1 PIMENTEL   (logins 1a-3z, aa-iz, aaa-abz)
60 EVANS     (logins xa-zz)
155 DWINELLE (logins ja-wz) 

You will be assigned a location based on your login; check back here before the exam. The campus map shows locations of Pimentel Hall, Evans Hall, and Dwinelle Hall.

The exam is closed note, except for:

Topics Covered

The exam will cover all course topics through Chapter 1.7.2 of the lecture notes, except for topics marked as Practical Guidance or Bonus Material. Those topics include:

Particular emphasis will be given to user-defined functions, environments, iteration, and higher-order functions.

You should be prepared to answer questions that relate closely to the projects and homework assignments (not including "extra for experts" problems). You should also know how to draw an environment diagram by hand.

Practice Exams

The previous exam questions most similar in topics covered to your upcoming midterm are Fall 2011 Midterm 1 Questions 1 and 2, Summer 2012 Midterm 1 Question 1, Fall 2012 Midterm 1 Questions 1, 2, and 4a, and Fall 2012 Final Question 2a. Links to all publicly available previous exams are listed below, for your convenience.

Review Sessions

The main review session, which will cover the Midterm 1 Study Guide, will be held 2pm-4pm on Saturday 2/9 in 2050 VLSB. Slides from the review session can be accessed here, and they include a number of practice problems that will help you study for the exam.

Berkeley HKN will also hold a review session 3pm-6pm on Sunday 2/10 in 145 Dwinelle. They provide this review session on a volunteer basis; please thank them for their service.

Extended offfice hours will be held on Sunday 2/10 in 310 Soda from 11-3pm.