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 ====== Assessment ======
-As indicated in the //Grades// page, assessment in this course is based on completing at least //six// programming exercises, //three// tests, and //three// labtests. The four tests are held during the term at the dates specified in the Calendar page. The exam is held during the final examination period at a date/place set by the Registrar Office. This page provides information about the tests and the exam in term of policies, scope, and outline.
+As indicated in the //Grades// page, assessment in this course is based on taking //three// written tests and //three// labtests.
+The written tests assess your understanding of the concepts the underlie the material. The labtests assess your ability to actually build software and are thus held in the lab. This page provides information about these tests and will be updated one week before each.
-===== In-Class Test #1 =====
+===== Lab Test Policies =====
-==== Policies ====
+    * All machines in the lab will be in labtest mode.
-    * This is a closed-book, 80-min test that will be held in class during the second half of lecture.
+    * Bring a Photo ID. You may not use any book, notes, or any sheet of paper, blank or not. You will have access to the Java API and to your submitted PEx's.
-    * Bring a Photo ID, pens/pencils, and a calculator
-    * You may also bring one 8.5"x11" information sheet of notes of your own (both sides, written or typed, any font). The MIPS Sheet will be provided.
-    * You may not bring any other sheet of paper. You can use the backside of the test booklet for scratch work.
     * Seating may be preassigned and there may be several test versions.
     * No questions will be allowed during the test.
-==== Outline ====
+===== Lab Test #1 =====
+This closed-book, 80-min test will be held in the PRISM Lab (all three rooms) at either 1 pm or 7pm (check ePost to find out which) on Tue, Feb. the 19th. In it you will be asked to implement a given API. Expect questions of the exact same type as PEx 01, 02, and 03.
-Expect three types of questions:
+===== Lab Test #2 =====
+This closed-book, 80-min test will be held in the PRISM Lab (all three rooms) at either 1 pm or 7pm (check ePost to find out which) on Tue, Mar. the 18th. In it you will be asked to implement a given API. Expect questions of the exact same type as PEx 04, 05, 06, and 07.
-  * Questions that test your understanding of the foundational concepts. They may involve word problems or short answers.
-  * Questions that test your ability to //read// and //understand// MIPS code. They may present you with a fragment and ask you to determine its output or overall function.
-  * Questions that test your ability to //write// MIPS code. They may ask ask you to translate a Java fragment to MIPS or to write a fragment that accomplishes a given task.
-===== Lab Test #1 =====
+===== Lab Test #3 =====
+This closed-book, 80-min test will be held in the PRISM Lab (all three rooms). See below for test time / venue. In this lab test you will be asked to implement a given API. Expect questions of the exact same type as PEx 08, 09, and 10. You will have access to all your PEx submissions provided you submit them before 9 pm on Monday April 7.
+===== Written Test Policies =====
+    * Bring a Photo ID, pens/pencils, and a calculator
-==== Policies ====
+    * You may not bring books, notes, or any sheet of paper, blank or not.
-    * This is a closed-book, 160-min test held in PRISM during the lab session <hi>in which you are registered</hi>. The lab will be in //labtest// mode, i.e. as in regular lab sessions.
-    * Bring a Photo ID and optionally one 8.5"x11" information sheet of notes of your own (both sides, written or typed, any font). The MIPS Sheet and Lab Handbook will be accessible. You may not use any other sheet of paper.
     * Seating may be preassigned and there may be several test versions.
     * No questions will be allowed during the test.
+===== Written Test #1 =====
+This closed-book, 80-min test will be held at 7pm on Wed Feb 20 in VH-A. Its scope covers two topics: implementing static / non-static features and aggregation.
+===== Written Test #2 =====
+This closed-book, 80-min test will be held at 7pm on Wed Mar 19 in VH-A. Its scope covers two topics: inheritance and GUI.
+===== Written Test #3 =====
+This is a closed-book, 80-min test. Its scope covers two topics: recursion and linked lists. See below for time / venue.
-<Hi>Note:</Hi> Once you log in, you will be recorded as having taken the test, regardless of whether or not you submitted anything. Hence, unlike the lab exercises, you cannot see the question and then decide to leave and come back again later.
+===== Time/Venue for Written/Lab Test #3 =====
+These tests will be held on Tue April 8 between 7 and 10 pm based on the following criterion:
-<Hi>Note:</Hi> The system will not allow you to login if you are registered in a different lab session. Check your registration schedule and go to the session recorded on it.
+  * If you took your LabTest#2 at 1:00 pm then you will first take your lab test in Prism from 7:00 to 8:20 pm and then your written test in CLH-E from 8:40 to 10:00 pm.
-==== Outline ====
+  * If you took your LabTest#2 at anytime other than 1:00 pm then you will first take your written test in CLH-E from 7:00 to 8:20 pm and then your lab test in Prism from 8:40 to 10:00 pm.
-Expect questions of the exact same type and level as lab exercises A through D. You will be asked to write a program that meets a given specification. Partial credit will be given to programs that fail to completely meet the specs.