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Time Line for the final days of DAT 2330
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Updated: Mon Apr 17 10:00 EDT 2000
idallen@ncf.ca

April 18 9:00pm (Tuesday evening):
  Final Exam crib sheet due (to me, or under my office door).
  Hand in the sheet.  You will get it back during the exam.

April 19 (Wednesday morning - Ian Allen sections):
  Final Exam (20%)
    11:30-12:45 (75 minutes) MVS/JCL 
    12:45-13:30 (45 minutes) Unix/Linux

  Your examination room (Ian Allen sections 010 and 020):

      Room WC337 - last names beginning with A through L inclusive
      Room WC339 - last names beginning with M through Z inclusive

  The MVS test covers material up to and including MVS Example 3 and
  its homework.  (That includes both marked Lab assignments.)  See below
  for additional details.

  The MVS Exam is closed book, but you can prepare a unique cheat sheet
  (8.5x11 one side) by the above April 18 evening deadline.  Hand in
  the sheet.  You will get it back during the exam.

  The MVS portion of the exam uses the VI text editor.  It ends after
  75 minutes (at 12:45), even if you don't write the optional Unix exam.
  The Unix Exam details are below.

  JCL statements and parameters covered for the 75-minute MVS Final Exam:

    //jobname  JOB     acct,name,CLASS=,
      MSGCLASS=,MSGLEVEL=,PRTY=,TYPRUN=
      
    //stepname EXEC PGM=,PROC=,

    //dd.name  DD *,SYSOUT=,SYSOUT=(class,,form),
      BURST=,COPIES=,DEST=(node.user),FLASH=,HOLD=,OUTLIM=,
      DSN=,DISP=,
      UNIT=,VOL=SER=,LABEL=(,),
      DCB=(DSORG=,LRECL=,BLKSIZE=,RECFM=),
      SPACE=(,(,)),
      modifying the SYSLIB DD for the link editor

    Utility: IDCAMS (REPRO only)

  Other material on the MVS Final Exam:

    The above JCL, plus:

      - the JES job flow diagram (see web)
      - JCL syntax and naming rules
      - the purpose of SYS1.PROCLIB
      - the CLG process (Figure 3.5)
      - instream data
      - IDCAMS REPRO
      - spooling, spool queues, SYSOUT
      - catalogued and PASSed datasets
      - over-riding DDnames in catalogued procedures
      - choosing JES and SYSOUT classes
      - modifing the SYSLIB DD for the link editor

Unix Exam (45 minutes):

  The Unix portion of the final exam is optional.  Writing it will not
  decrease your current mark.

  The Unix portion is 45 minutes.  It begins when the MVS exam ends,
  at 12:45, and ends when the overall exam period ends at 13:30.

Unix Exam content:

  The Unix portion will contain some online scripting/coding assignments
  (open book, open note, open computer) followed by a closed-computer
  (open book, open note, no computer) multiple-choice section containing
  approximately 10 questions.  (You get to choose when you turn off the
  computer and start the multiple-choice section.)  The coding and the
  multiple-choice will have equal weight.

  The material covered will range over the entire course, with emphasis
  on shell usage and script writing.  (This is the same emphasis as the
  last Unix test you wrote.)  The chapters for the shell and scripting
  are Chapters 10 and 11.  Review my course notes and questions for these
  chapters: chapter10.txt and chapter11.txt; we did not cover everything
  in these two chapters.

Unix Test marking:

  If you choose to write the Unix portion, it will be worth 15 marks.
  Your score on the exam will be added to your current two Unix test marks
  (currently calculated out of 35) and the resulting sum of three scores
  will be multiplied by 35/50 to give you a new test score out of 35.

  If the resulting Unix test score is below your Unix current Unix test
  score, your current Unix test score will be used instead.  (You will
  not lose any marks by attempting the Unix portion of the exam.)

  For you to benefit from writing this optional test, your score on
  the optional test must be better than your current Unix test average.
  A perfect score on the optional test will add 5.25 marks to the grade
  of someone who currently has 17.5/35 (50%) in the Unix tests.