Dear CISC106-010 Students:

Our final exam is on Thursday Dec.13, 2007, at 7-9pm, in room KRB 100.

Final exam is cumulative. Therefore, whatever we have covered in class
during the semester about Unix, MATLAB and C++ is included in the exam.
The ratio of each topic in the final exam is as follows.

5% - 10% : about Unix
35% -40% : about MATLAB
60%    : about C++ and comparing C++ and MATLAB

Since we have 2 hours allocated for the final exam, expect a longer
exam with more questions compared to the midterm exams (this is
actually good because because if you miss a question, you won't be
penalized with a huge point-cut  :) . The weight of each question will be
less on your overall grade in the final exam).


Here is a guide for you on how to study for the final exam:
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* Study your lecture notes

* Review and study the Labs 01-09 (Make sure to review the  sections of
the labs that did not ask you to submit any work, also).

* Review the quizzes, practice questions, Midterm #1, and  Midterm #2

* Review the sample code from the lectures (look at the course web
page)

* Refer to the reading list (below)

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There will be factual questions as well as problem-based questions in
the exam (there might be some multiple choice and true/false questions,
too).

Factual questions will ask you to make definitions, explain the
difference between the concepts, etc.

For instance,

- What is a compiler ?  

- What is machine code ?

- What is static typing and dynamic typing? Do we have static or
dynamic typing in C++? What about MATLAB? 

Problem-based questions will ask you to apply your knowledge into a
problem. You can be asked

- to complete a code piece,

- identify the errors in a code piece,

- given a problem in English text, write the MATLAB or C++ code,

- given a function prototype,  write the function body for the function
in MATLAB or C++

- given a function A, write a function B to solve a given problem using
the function A, etc.

For instance,

Question-1:

What does the MATLAB code below do?

x = 7;
if (x >= 9)
 fprintf('blue\n');
elseif (x <= 3)
 fprintf('red\n');
else
 fprintf('yellow\n');
end

fprintf('green\n');


Question -2:

Write a C++ version of the same code?


Question-3:

Look at the C++ array declaration below.


int A[5] = {10, 20, 30, 40};


Write a C++ expression to get the first element of array A i.e., value
10).


Reading List:

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MATLAB Book
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Chp 1 - About MATLAB
Chp 2 - MATLAB Environment
Chp 3 - Built-in MATLAB Functions
Chp 6 - User-Defined Functions
Chp 4 - Manipulating MATLAB Matrices

AFTER MIDTERM #1

Chp 5 - Plotting (Section 1, for basic plotting)
Chp 7 - User-Controlled Input and Output
Chp 8 - Logical Functions and Control Structures
Chp 10 - Other Kinds of Arrays (mainly Section 1 and Section 4 on
CellArrays)

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C++ Book
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AFTER MIDTERM #2

Chp 1 - Creating a Basic Program
Chp 2 - Simple Variables and Data Types
Chp 3 - Operators and Control Structures (skip pages [72-75], [82-87])
Chp 5 - Defining your Own Functions (skip pages [160-164])
Chp 6 - Complex Data Types (look at only arrays, i.e, pages [170-175]).


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UNIX book:
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Chp 1 - Getting Started with Unix
Chp 2 - Using Directories and Files
Chp 4 - Creating and Editing Files (read only pp 83-90 for vi, pp 91-95
for emacs)

AFTER MIDTERM #1

Chp 5 - Controlling Ownership & Permissions (especially for the
'chmod' Unix command)