There will be two non-comprehensive exams to assess concept comprehension. Each exam has a retake opportunity. See below for details.
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See Exam 1 and Exam 2 for the reviews for each exam.
Unless you have pre-arranged accommodations, the main (first) attempt of the exam will be as follows:
Modality: The exam will be conducted synchronously in-person using the quiz feature on Canvas . It will not use Lockdown Browser, but students must still only rely on approved resources; the instructor will monitor the resources accessed during the exam to validate only approved resources are accessed during the exam.
Timing: The exam will automatically unlock and lock at the start and end times of your enrolled lecture section. If you start the exam on-time, you have the entire class time of 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete the exam.
Questions: The exam questions will consist of multiple choice, multiple answer, dropdown, and fill-in-the blank questions. The specific questions, order you see questions, and possible answers may be randomized.
<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_gray.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Most exam questions have multiple variants to combat cheating. Canvas will randomly select the variant. As a result, students will see slightly different versions of the exam.
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Resources: The exam is NOT open-book, but it is also NOT closed-book. You may use a select set of approved resources while completing the exam or exam retake. See below for a full list.
Regardless of resources used, the exam must be completed individually; the answers must represent your individual understanding of the course concepts.
<aside> <img src="/icons/warning_gray.svg" alt="/icons/warning_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Asking anyone else to complete the exam on your behalf, as well as copying answers from an exam bank or ChatGPT, are all examples of misrepresenting who completed the exam. See the Exam Grading guide for details on cheating consequences.
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See the “Accommodations” section below for how to request changes to these logistics.
The following resources are approved to use on the exams and exam retakes:
cs272n-lectures repository on GitHub