Final Exam Information |
Spring 2005 |
Date, time and place. The final exam will be held in McCosh Hall 28 at 9am on Tuesday, May 17. The exam will be three hours.
What to bring. Like the midterm, the final exam will be closed book, but you may bring a one-page "cheat sheet" consisting of a single, ordinary 8.5"x11" blank sheet of paper with whatever notes you wish written upon it. You may write on both the front and the back. However, it must be handwritten (not computer generated or photocopied) in your own handwriting.
You may not use the text book, your notes, a computer, calculator or any other materials during the exam.
Previous year exams. Some exams from previous years are available here. Keep in mind that the material covered varies from year to year.
Review session. A review session will be offered sometime before the exam. More details will be announced shortly.
What will be covered. The exam will cover the entire semester with a strong emphasis (perhaps, 3 to 1) on material covered since the midterm. This includes material covered at the very end of the course which might have only been lightly covered on the homeworks (such as the simplex algorithm and NP-completeness). In principle, anything covered in lecture or in the required readings is "fair game" for the exams. However, realistically, you can expect that the emphasis will be placed on those same topics that were emphasized in lecture and on the homeworks.
Below is a list of topics, concepts and algorithms that you should be familiar with. I have attempted to make this an exhaustive list, although I cannot guarantee that I did not miss an item or two.
Good luck!