CS16: Problem Solving With Computers I
Information about Midterm Exam 2

Dept. of Computer Science, UC Santa Barbara

The actual exam

Preparing for the exam

Practice Materials:

• Practice Exam 2
• More practice questions for Exam 2 (practiceExam.02a)
• Practice with chmod, ls -l

Fast facts:

• When: Wednesday November 16, 1-1:50pm
• Where:
• You will need: something to write with
• You may bring: 1 sheet of notes, standard 8.5x11 letters size paper
  • This may be hand-written or laser printed/photocopies
  • It must be one physical sheet of paper, with no "fold out stickers"
  • Two sheets back to back are acceptable if stapled or taped
  • But only 2 x 8.5inches x 11inches of surface area is permitted to have writing on them.
  • Put your name on your notes sheet, and turn it in with your exam
• Except for the one permitted notes, sheet, the exam is:
  • Closed book, closed notes, closed mouth, cell phones off, but:

What is covered:

• Homeworks: H01-H10, with emphasis on H06-H10
• Labs: lab00-lab07, with emphasis on lab04-lab07
  • Note: only part of lab07 is covered—in particular, arrays of structs.
  • string functions (strcmp, strncpy) and reading from files is not covered—that will be on the final
  • See details in description of lab07
    
• Extra material from lab05a and lab07a
• Lectures through Monday 11/16, with emphasis on material covered since last midterm
• Textbook readings (see below)
• Number Conversions:
  • Binary to Octal, Hex, Decimal, Octal, Hex, Decimal to Binary
  • Emphasis on: octal numbers used in chmod and ls -l commands (rwxr-xr-x style strings)

Textbook coverage for Midterm Exam 2

• These sections in Etter---note that this is mostly review of material covered in lecture
  • Sections Previously Covered: 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.2.
  • New sections for Midterm Exam 2: 5.1, 5.6, 6.1, 6.1, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3