Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: CPSC 323 midterm is tomorrow
Date: Sunday, 11 Oct 2020, 17:24:41

[Please read this message carefully, including the instructions
for getting a copy of the exam, taking it, and submitting your
work.  If you have any questions, please send me mail BEFORE
8:00am tomorrow.]

The 75-minute CPSC 323 midterm will be offered asynchronously on
Monday, October 12th.

You may run the /c/cs323/bin/get.exam command to fetch a copy of
the exam at any time between 9:30am and 3:00pm New Haven time.
Detailed instructions are given below.  Note that the starting
time is 9:30am, 30 minutes earlier than previously announced.

At most 90 minutes later (or by 3:00pm, whichever is EARLIER)
you must use the submit command to turn in your work.  Detailed
instructions are given below, and are repeated on the exam.

Since the exam is asynchronous, you will not be able to ask any
questions as you work on it.  More generally, if between 8:00am
and 3:00pm you post to the class newsgroup a question about the
material covered (or send it directly to me), I will not respond
until after the exam has ended.

However, I will monitor my mail between 8:00am and 3:00pm and
will respond to questions about the get.exam command and the
submit command.

--Stan-


ACCESSING THE EXAM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once the window of time during which you may take an exam opens, the Zoo
command

  % /c/cs323/bin/get.exam

will create in your current working directory a text file that contains a copy
of the exam.  The time will be logged, and you will be given a deadline for
submitting your work.  The deadline will be either 90 minutes later (longer if
you are entitled to extra time) or the end of the window for taking the exam,
whichever is earlier.

If you run the command again during the window for taking the exam, you will
be reminded of the time when you started and the deadline for submitting your
work, and you will get another copy of the exam.  This can be useful if you
lose track of time or inadvertently delete your copy of the exam.

If you run the command after the window for taking the exam closes, you will
get another copy of the exam.


INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING THE EXAM AND SUBMITTING YOUR WORK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This exam is open-notes, open-textbooks (i.e., Hennessey & Patterson or Matthew
& Stones), and open-computer/phone.  However, while you are working on it you
may not consult any on-line sources or other materials (e.g., StackOverflow or
other books/papers) or communicate with any other person (e.g., a suitemate).

Write your answers to the questions below on one or more sheets of paper
(8-1/2" by 11" prefered) or using an app (e.g., Notability).  Write your name
and netID in BLOCK CAPITALS on each page, and label each answer with the number
of the problem.  When you finish (or after 75 minutes elapse):

* create a file on your computer/phone containing your work (e.g., by scanning
  or taking pictures of the sheets of paper or exporting the document from your
  app as a PDF file)

* upload the file to the Zoo (e.g., using scp)

* if the name of the file has embedded blanks, then rename it; for example,
    % mv 'Scanned Copy Of Exam' Scanned_Copy_Of_Exam

* submit the uploaded file using the command
    % /c/cs323/bin/submit 1E Scanned_Copy_Of_Exam
  no later than 90 minutes after you first ran get.exam (the extra 15 minutes
  are for scanning, uploading, and submitting).  You may submit more than once,
  but only the most recent copy is retained; use the command
    % /c/cs323/bin/check 1E
  to verify that your file was submitted.

Since the exam is asynchronous, you will not be able to ask questions.

Each problem is worth the number of points noted, which may not be proportional
to its level of difficulty.