INFO100, Introductory Visual Basic

MidTerm Exam Information

This exam is held in week 8 of the course, on Tuesday February 24, 1998. It will be held at the usual classroom and time.

Section 1. Procedure for MidTerm Exam

College policy 2-G-5 paragraph 3.9 states in part: for final examinations, students wll be required to bring a signed piece of identification (e.g. a student card) which they leave on their desks. I am applying this part of the policy to the midterm exam. Please bring your student card or other signed piece of identification to the exam and leave it face up on the desk while you are writing the exam.

1. leave books, backpacks, etc along one of the classroom walls
2. leave the first 3 seats in the row at each side of the room for people who may arrive late
3. place your student card [or other signed identification] face up on your desk
4. when you are finished:

• hand both the question paper and your answer booklet[s] directly to the instructor
• form a single line if necessary while waiting to hand in your exam
• do not block the view the instructor has of the classroom
• do not engage the instructor in conversation at this time
• sign the "Sign-in Sheet for MidTerm Exam" beside your printed name
• leave the room quietly

Section 2. Description of the MidTerm Exam

The midTerm exam is worth 30% of the final grade for the course.

The exam will cover Part 1 and Part 2 of the StepbyStep textbook. It will be multiple choice; there will be about 70 questions. You could prepare by studying chapters 1 through 6 of the textbook, as outlined in Section 3 of this document.

Section 3. Study Guide for MidTerm Exam

This study guide contains a table of page numbers and concepts from chapters 1 through 6 of the textbook. I made up this list, not as a student study guide, but as part of the process of making up the exam itself, so any of these concepts may appear in questions on the midterm test. As part of your preparation for the test, you could:

1. review this list to establish your current level of understanding of each concept
2. read the referenced sections of the text to determine your level of understanding of the material as presented there
3. for each concept be able to give a definition or explanation, and an example

The page numbers given are usually the ones where the concept is mentioned first in the book. They do not necessarily contain a definition, explanation and example. For these you may have to explore other parts of the textbook.

You may also wish to study the document on the web site which is an edited excerpt from the Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Programmer's Guide, Chapter 5, Programming Fundamentals. This would give you another point of view on the material, in addition to that of the professor and of the textbook. Note though that none of the test questions are based directly on this excerpt.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6