Final exam summary

The final exam lasts 2.5 hours. It will include the following types of questions:

• Short answer: (a number, word, or phrase, plus some justification).
• Longer answer: apply some idea from the course using diagrams, pseudocode, or careful sentences.
• Longest answer: extend the ideas from the course, for example implementing part of an algorithm in C, or making a complete analysis of the complexity of an algorithm.

You should prepare with these priorities:

1. Your lecture notes, assignments, midterm, online notes.
2. Course textbook
3. Old exams (lowest priority).

Use the following tactics during the exam:

• Read each question completely. Be sure you know what you're being asked to do before you begin writing an answer.
• Answer what you know well and completely.
• Don't write ``filler'' material for questions you don't know. Graders prefer answers that are clear but incomplete over what they perceive to be BS (Bloated Senselessness).