This course has two midterm exams and a final exam. Each exam is worth 25%
of the semester grade. All exams are open book, open notes, students can
bring any printed or handwritten material for use during the exam. No
electronic devices are allowed to be used during an exam, except for
pocket calculators. Devices such as smartphones, or other
network-connected devices, that include calculator functionality,
are strictly not allowed.
See also these additional exam guidelines.
- First midterm: Thursday February 27.
- Topics: Everything covered in lectures 1-9.
- Reading:
- Chapter 1.
- Chapter 2, Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.5, 2.3.6.
- All slides for lectures 1-9.
- Second midterm: Thursday April 3.
- Topics: Everything covered in lectures 10-17, as well as everything from previous lectures that is relevant to the topics of lectures 10-17.
- Reading:
- Section 2.4, except for:
- subsection headed "Flat Panel Display", on pages 115-117
- subsection 2.4.4 (Game Controllers)
- subsection 2.4.5 (Printers)
- subsection headed "Internet over Cable", on pages 132-135
- Section 5.1, except for subsections 5.1.5, 5.1.7, and Section 5.2, except for subsections 5.2.3, 5.2.5.
- Sections 5.3, 5.4, except for subsections 5.3.3, 5.3.5, 5.4.8, 5.4.9, 5.4.10, 5.4.11, 5.4.13.
- All slides for lectures 10-17.
- Make sure you understand and know how to use the ARM-7 instructions, including conditional instructions, and assembly conventions shown on the slides for lecture 17. The exam will include some assembly coding questions. You can find in this page a list of instructions that you need to know.
- Final exam: Thursday May 8, 8:00am-10:30am.
- Topics: Everything covered in lectures 17-29, as well as everything from previous lectures that is relevant to the topics of lectures 17-29.
- Reading:
- Section 5.1, except for subsections 5.1.5, 5.1.7.
- Section 5.2, except for subsections 5.2.3, 5.2.5.
- Section 5.3.1.
- Section 5.4, except for subsections 5.4.8, 5.4.9, 5.4.10, 5.4.11, 5.4.13.
- All slides for lectures 17-29.
- This page providing a quick reference to ARM-7 assembly programming.