Written midterm
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- The following instructions will appear on your midterm**
- You may bring in any printed materials to the final; **any** textbooks, **any** papers, *etc*. - You may use any calculator during the test. - You may not use a cellphone as a calculator. Nor may you use any other communication device (web, email, chat, etc) during the test. - You may not use a laptop or netbook. - You may answer the questions in any order in the answer booklet. - The test covers all material taught so far in the course, up to and including 14 October. - Make sure that you provide explanations with your calculations. - If you are not sure about the meaning of a problem, please write out your interpretation and follow through with the calculation. - If you are short of time, please write what you would have done in this test, if you had more time. - There are questions for each section of the course covered so far, adding up to a total of **50 marks**.
- Other advice**
- I recommend you study for this test as if it is a closed-book exam. You will not have time to refer to the textbook to review an unfamiliar topic. Treat the textbook and your course notes as a backup, as a reference. - Related to this statement, you should expect the test to be fairly fast paced. - You will not be required to write, nor interpret, any code (MATLAB or Python) in the test. That will be tested in the take-home exam, in a few weeks time. </rst>
The midterm will be posted here on Monday night. Please note the course policy if you do not write the midterm: the 15% from the mid-term grade will be rolled into the written final exam portion, taking its weight from 45% to 60%.