Exams have all been graded and you all did very well. I decided to count best five out of six as "the exam", given that time seemed to be against completion. For those who finished all six, kudos: you got some extra credit. Exam scores ranged from 95 to 110. Final grades have been posted on WebAdvisor and I'm pretty sure I emailed everyone their semester grades and/or let you know before you left last night.
Register for the spring term before the end of the fall semester! You will have a better selection of classes and sections if you do. Also, you should be aware that if you wait too long, there is the possibility that a section you want could be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment.
The final exam is written. These are the six problems on the exam. Please prepare accordingly.
As one of the requirements to earn a B- or higher,
I strongly suggest that each student develop a Java solution to the following problems in preparation for the coding portion of the first exam. While I do not promise that the practical part of the exam will be *exactly* the same as any one of these problems, the actual test question will at least be very similar to several of these practice problems.
Your final exam is scheduled in class for December 13th. Next week, we will finish up new material and review the material for the exam. Keep an eye on the blog for test preparation suggestions. Programming problems on exams are often very similar to the end of chapter exercises.
You are to complete exercise 9.3, p336.
Read chapter 9, Strings and Text I/O.
As of dinner time last night, Internet access was restored to the Lincroft campus. The IT staff continues to monitor the situation any signs of instability or trouble and Brookdale email seems to be working just fine now.
You are to create a console application called FlatStanley which represents virtual rectangles.
As one of the requirements to earn an A- or higher in this class, you must complete exercise 7.3 (6th ed, p256; 7th ed, p260) / 8.7 (8th ed, p297).
You are to complete exercise 7.5
Read chapter 8, Objects and Classes.
For those who came to class and took the second exam, the tests are graded and the class average was 93.5% and one student had a perfect score. These scores are significantly improved over the first exam - well done!
Today is the end of the final WebAdvisor monitoring interval. Students with attendance issues, poor homework performance, and/or missing assignments should take this warning very seriously.
Quick reminder that you that you have an exam Tuesday night. Please be on time. You will be taking the written portion of the exam closed book. For the programming part of the test, you may use your textbook as a reference but you may not bring pre-completed code with you. Practice today and tomorrow for the test by working on the exercises at the ends of the chapters and in the exam prep blog posts.
I strongly suggest that each student develop a Java solution to the following problems in preparation for the coding portion of the first exam. While I do not promise that the practical part of the exam will be *exactly* the same as any one of these problems, the actual test question will at least be very similar to several of these practice problems. More than likely, there will be five program options on the test and you'll need to complete four of the five.