The midterm examination is scheduled for Week 7, and will consist of 20 multiple choice questions. For each question, select the best answer from the 5 choices. You must achieve at least 40% in the combined midterm and labwork in order for your progress to be deemed satisfactory.

The test will be conducted in the lecture theatre. This is not an ideal venue and you will be sitting close to each other. Accordingly the test papers will be constructed so that you will all be presented with the same questions but they may appear in a different order on different papers. In addition, the multiple choices for each question may also be presented in a different order. So... if the person next to you has very different answers to you don't panic!

The following material is liable to be tested:

1. Lecture Material

   Anything covered in the lectures. In particular, the notes handed out define the bulk of the course content. However, anything that is discussed verbally in the lectures is also deemed to be part of the course. If you have missed any lectures, then they have all been audio recorded and are available via streaming audio.

2. Laboratory Work

   Anything covered in any of the laboratory sessions, excluding the parts labelled as optional hot sections. The midterm will particularly test the lab sessions that have not already been assessed.

3. Java Extras

   Anything discussed in the Java Extras pages.

4. help1200

   Any questions and/or answers raised in the help1200 forum, whether by a student or myself.

Protocol

2008 Second Semester Test

Here is the mid-semester test you have just completed, with solutions. The test was relatively well done but there were some questions that tripped some of you up. The main reason was that many of you read what you wanted to read rather than what was actually coded in the question.

• Test and solutions