Exams

1 Preparation

Lectures: You should be knowledgeable of all material covered in lecture before the exam.

Labs: You should be comfortable with all material covered in labs. Labs serve to develop the skills tested on the exams, so revisiting labs in preparation for the exams is a good idea.

Textbook: You should have studied all the material in the textbook assigned in preparation for all assignments due before an exam.

Drills: You should practice working through drill problems to make correctly following the steps of the design process a reflex.

Practice Exams: You should practice for the exam, which is time-intensive, by taking the practice exams in an environment similar to the exam (timed, quiet). After working through the practice exam, compare your results to the solution sets. Study, practice, and iterate on the things you got wrong or gave you a difficult time.

2 Midterm 1

• Readings: all of Part I and chapters 9 and 10 of Part II

• Drills: Midterm 1 Drills

• Practice exam: practice midterm 1 and solution

3 Midterm 2

• Readings: all of Part II, all of Part III and through section 19.2 of Part IV

• Drills: Midterm 2 Drills

• Practice exam: practice midterm 2 and solution

4 Final Exam

• Readings: all of Part IV and up through Chapter 27 of Part V and Chapter 29

• Drills: Final Exam Drills

• Past exams:

  • Midterm 1 (Solution)

  • Midterm 1 solution videos

  • Midterm 2 (Solution)

• Practice exam: practice final and solution