Final Exam

Instructions

The final exam will start at 9am on Monday, December 13, and submission will close at 6pm on Tuesday, December 14th. Here are some of the main rules and instructions:

** Open notes policy **

• You are allowed to reference any course material (i.e. slides, lecture notes, textbooks and etc.) that you have downloaded prior to the start of the exam.
• You are not allowed to look-up any resources online while the exam session is in progress.

** Tips for the exam **

• How to write math? You will not need to use too many formulas in this exam. Whenever needed, simply use standard text. Canvas also has an option for inserting equations, but I don't suggest wasting time on that.
• Proofs of correctness and reasoning? Unless reasoning is explicitly asked, you do not need to provide it. Please pay attention to the instructions for each question.
• Questions & clarifications: we will monitor questions directed to the instructors on Piazza between 10am and 5pm on the two exam days. This is the preferred medium for contacting us (we may not check on time if questions are sent by email or other means). Please make sure you post only to the instructors, not to everyone.

** Preparing before the exam **

• Please make sure you have downloaded all the material you will need.
• Go over the lecture notes and reading material.
• Go over the HW problems and the midterm exam. The practice final should give you a sense of the difficulty.

** Internet connection problems **

• You might encounter submission problems either due to Canvas or due to internet issues. Canvas shows the time when the quiz was last auto-saved -- check this once in a while.
• Before you hit submit, print the page to pdf, so that you have a local copy of all your answers.
• If you want to be extra-safe, you can type your answers in another place (like a text editor), and paste them into the appropriate boxes.

That is all, good luck with the final exam!

Best,
Aditya