Exam Logistics

The midterm is on Wed Mar 19, 7–9pm PT.

If you need to take the exam remotely at that time, or if you need to take an alternate exam, or if you have another exam at the same time, or if you need DSP accommodations, please fill out this midterm accomodations form by Thu February 27, 11:59pm PT. We will respond to all form submissions after the form closes. The form will remain open until Tue March 18, 11:59pm PT, but we cannot guarantee any requests submitted after Thu February 27, 11:59pm PT.

The scope of the midterm is as follows: Search, CSP, Games, MDP, RL, Probability, Bayes Nets (up to and including Independence). This is covered in Lectures 1-14, Discussions 1-6, Homework 1-6, and Projects 1-3.

The exam will be closed-book, closed-notes, and closed-Internet. No calculators are allowed (no questions should require a calculator). However, you may use 1 cheat sheet(s) (two-sided) of your own design. The cheat sheets must be handwritten on standard A4 or letter paper (8.5 x 11 inches). Handwritten tablet notes may be printed and used. If you need to print for free, you can access a list of instructional printers. Each student has $12.00 in their printing account for each semester, which is enough for 200 single-sided black and white printed sheets or 120 double-sided black and white printed sheets. Learn more about EECS printers.

In-Person Logistics

  • We will email you your exam location a day or two before the exam.
  • Please try to arrive early (around 6:50pm PT), so that we can start on time. If you arrive late, you will not be granted any extra time.

Remote Logistics

Staff reserves the right to assign you a grade of 0 on the exam if you do not follow these policies.

  • Before the exam:
    • We will send you an email with a zoom link to record with before the exam.
    • Make sure to test your zoom recording. As long as it has a webcam feed, audio, and screen share, you should be good to go.
    • Make sure you have a stable internet connection for the cloud recording.
  • On the day of the exam:
    • Join the Zoom meeting on the computer you will be using and share your entire screen.
    • Set up a camera showing your workspace (e.g. join Zoom on your phone, or turn on a webcam feed on your computer).
    • Make sure you share audio.
    • Make sure some form of time stamp is visible.
    • Multiple monitors are not permitted. If you must use another monitor, please “duplicate” the screens and show us evidence that this setting is enabled before you start the exam.
    • Show your Cal ID to the camera. If you do not have a Cal ID, show some proof of identification (CalCentral works).
    • Show a 360 degree view of the room you are taking the exam in.
    • At 7:10pm PT, you will be emailed a PDF of the exam, and an answer sheet assignment will appear on Gradescope.
  • Technical difficulties:
    • If your camera is not set up correctly, or staff cannot hear your audio, make sure you’re paying attention to the zoom chat in case a proctor asks you to fix your setup.
    • If you encounter any logistics problems during the exam, email cs188@berkeley.edu.
    • If you encounter Internet problems, write your answers locally and send them to cs188@berkeley.edu as soon as the exam is over.
    • If you need to use the bathroom, leave your phone in camera view, and leave the video and audio feed on while you’re away. Make sure to fill out this google form and log the times you were away from the exam.
    • If you have issues submitting your recording, please email cs188@berkeley.edu as soon as possible.
  • Privacy:
    • Course staff will respect your privacy and not disclose any information from the proctoring session after the exam, except in suspected cases of academic dishonesty.

Academic Integrity

  • Any form of communication or collaboration is cheating. Providing answers, receiving answers, and even just talking with others about course material during the exam windows are all violations of the Berkeley honor code.
  • Every case of potential academic dishonesty will be manually reviewed, and you’ll be able to discuss the situation with an instructor.
  • We may ask some students to take a short verbal exam after the exam and explain how to solve one or more problems that are similar to an exam question they got right.
  • Please be mindful to not discuss the exam until solutions are released. Keep in mind that we still have alternates and DSP exams after the normal exam ends.