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 ===== In-Class Test #2 =====
 ==== Policies ====
     * This is a closed-book, 110-min test that will be held in class during the lecture.
     * 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 also bring one 8.5"x11" information sheet of notes and diagrams (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 ====
-Expect four types of questions:
+Expect three types of questions:
   * Questions that test your understanding of the concepts that underlie the topics covered since the first test. They may involve word problems and/or short answers.
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 ===== Lab Test #2 =====
+==== Policies ====
+    * 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.
+<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.
+<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.
+==== Outline ====
+Expect questions of the exact same type and level as lab exercises K through N. You will be asked to write modules that test a given circuit; create a circuit given what it does; and/or determine what is wrong with a given circuit and fix it.
-Information re this test will be posted here one week before the test date.
 ===== The Final Exam =====
-More information on the final exam will be posted here near the end of the term.
+==== Policies ====
+    * This is a closed-book, 150-min exam. Check the Registrar Office site for date, time, and venue.
+  * If you miss the exam, email the instructor asap, prepare a full petition package (a simple doctor note will //not// do), and submit to the Registrar Office. This course does //not// have a deferred exam.
+  * Bring a Photo ID, pens/pencils, and a calculator
+  * You may bring one 8.5"x11" information sheet of notes (both sides, written or typed, any font). Note that the MIPS Sheet and some CPU diagrams will be provided.
+  * You may not bring any other sheet of paper, blank or not.
+  * Seating may be preassigned and there may be several exam versions.
+  * No questions will be allowed during the exam.
+==== Outline ====
+This exam has the same outline as the in-class tests. Its scope is the entire course but the emphasis is on the second half of the course.