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Directions and preparing for Test #1
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-Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca

As mentioned on the course home page, your first test is in your lecture
period on Thursday, September 29, 2005.

The test is closed book, except that you may have with you a "crib sheet".

A crib sheet is one single piece of paper (metric A4 or standard Letter
size) filled with anything you want to put there.  You may hand write
the paper or you may machine print it with tiny letters - you choose.
You can put text or pictures or programs or anything you want there.
You can copy all the course notes onto the page, if you can read it.
Magnifying glasses are permitted.

You must prepare your own crib sheet.  You will submit your crib
sheet at the end of the test.  People who have copied crib sheets from
other people will have their marks divided by the number of copies.
Prepare your own crib sheet.

Put your name on your crib sheet.

Bring two sharp soft pencils (and a very good eraser) for the test.

Part of the test is a set of multiple choice questions, filled out on
blue computer mark-sense "bubble" sheets using a soft pencil.  Bring a
spare pencil and a very good eraser.

In the course notes under the new heading "Tests and Exams (with Answers)"
you will find many multiple-choice questions (with answers) similar to
those I will be using on the test on Thursday:

    Practice Test #1 Questions
       practiceTest1.txt  (text format)
       practiceTest1.ps   (Postscript format)
       practiceTest1.pdf  (Portable Document Format)

All three practiceTest1 files contain the same questions in the same
order.  Choose the format that suits you.  The PDF or PostScript files
print best.  Each practice test file has the answer key at the end.

Part of the test will be short-answer-style questions relating to writing
a shell script similar to the one you did in Exercise #3.

Test format summary:

    Closed book, except for a single "crib sheet".

    Part I - 58 multiple-choice questions worth 10 of 15%
     - need pencils and a very good eraser for mark-sense sheets

    Part II - 16 script questions worth 5 of 15%
     - will be written on paper in exam booklets