There is no midterm exam. Information about the final exam is given below.
- The final exam will be as per the normal exam schedule, and will count for 30% of the final grade.
- The exam will be done online.
- We will be following the SoC's E-Exam SOP, combined with the deviations/refinements given in the section below. Please read the SOP carefully and ensure you follow all instructions.
SOP deviations/refinements
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Tools: LumiNUS, Zoom, Microsoft Teams (MST), PDF scanner, PDF reader.
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The webcam view should capture all three of these: your upper body (side view), the entire screen area of your monitor, the working area of the table. Here is an example:
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Recording of your PC screen is not required.
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Only one computer screen is allowed.
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You may not use a second laptop/computer as the web cam. Use either an external webcam or a mobile phone instead. Reason: the screen of that second computer will not be captured in the video feed.
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Not allowed to use the printer or other devices during the exam.
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Soft copies of notes: only PDF format is allowed. Other formats (e.g., MS Word, .txt, html) are not allowed. No limitation on what the PDF file contains or the number of PDF files to be used.
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The Browser should only be used to access LumiNUS. Accessing other websites (including the module website) is not allowed.
It turns out that the textbook PDF file plays better with browsers than PDF viewers. Therefore, viewing the textbook PDF in the browser is allowed. But other PDFs should be opened in a PDF viewer.
The reason for restricting the use of the browser to view PDF files is that allowing it makes it harder for invigilators to detect students accessing unauthorized websites. -
Use Microsoft Teams or Zoom private messages to communicate with the invigilator.
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The quiz will not appear on LumiNUS until a few minutes before we release the password. Wait until we announce that the quiz is available to see.
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When the invigilator asks you to do an identity check, turn your face towards the camera, move closer to the camera, remove face mask (if any), and hold the pose until the invigilator tells you to go back to your working position.
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If you have a doubt/query about a question, or want to make an assumption about a question, please write it down in the 'justification' text box. Do not try to communicate those with the invigilator during the exam. We'll take your doubt/query/assumption into account when grading. For example, if many had queries about a specific question, we can conclude that the question is unclear and omit it from grading.
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If you encounter a serious problem that prevents you from proceeding with the exam (e.g., the password to open the quiz doesn't work), PM the invigilator using MS Teams (failing that, use Zoom chat).
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If your computer crashed/restarted during the exam, try to get it up again and resume the exam. LumiNUS will allow you to resume from where you stopped earlier. However, note that there is a deadline to finish the quiz and you will overrun that deadline if you lose more than 5 minutes due to the computer outage.
Format
- The exam will be divided into 2 sections.
- Each section is worth 15 marks. There are no negative marks in the exam.
- Both sections should be completed in one sitting. Duration: 1 hour
Final exam - Section 1
- The first section will contain 30 True/False questions.
- Questions will appear in random order.
- You will not be able to go back to previous questions.
Reasons:
1. to minimize opportunities for collusion
2. not unreasonable for the materials tested and the proficiency level expected -- i.e., when using this knowledge in a real life SE project discussion, it will be rare for you to go back to revise what you said earlier in the discussion - Recommended duration: 23 minutes (recommended: allocate 40 seconds per question, which gives you a 3 minutes buffer)
- You are not required to give a justification for your answer in this section.
Final exam - Section 2
- The second section will contain 15 MCQs
- Questions will appear in random order.
- You will not be able to go back to previous questions.
Reasons:
1. to minimize opportunities for collusion
2. not unreasonable for the materials tested and the proficiency level expected -- i.e., when using this knowledge in a real life SE project discussion, it will be rare for you to go back to revise what you said earlier in the discussion - Recommended duration: 35 minutes (recommended: allocate 2 minutes per question, which gives you a 5 minutes buffer)
- You are required to give a justification for your answer in this section. The question will specify what should be included in the justification. Answers without the correct justification may not earn full marks. However, we'll give full marks up to two correct answers that do not have justifications (or that have incorrect justification) (to cater for cases where you accidentally proceeded to the next question before adding the justification).
Exam briefing, mock exam, practice exam paper
- There will be an exam briefing in the penultimate lecture. It will include a minimal mock exam, just to help you understand the structure.
- You will be given a practice exam paper (of proportionally reduced size of the full paper) to help you practice timing. That practice paper will be released at least one week before the exam.
Exam briefing, mock exam, practice exam paper
- There will be an exam briefing in the penultimate lecture. It will include a minimal mock exam, just to help you understand the structure.
- You will be given a practice exam paper (half the size of the full paper) to help you practice timing. That practice paper will be released at least one week before the exam.