Exam Information

Exam Instructions

• You may only start reading the text of this examination when instructed to do so by your invigilator.
  • Starting to read this exam paper before instructed to do so may be academic misconduct.
• You may only start working on examination questions when instructed to do so by your invigilator.
  • Starting to write or type answers before instructed to do so may be academic misconduct.
• You must stop working on examination questions immediately when instructed to do so by your invigilator.
  • Only submissions made before this time will be marked.
  • For students with approved examination extensions from UNSW Equitable Learning Services, you should continue working until your extended working time expires. Your invigilator will tell you when this time expires.
• You must not communicate (talk, message, ...) with any person during the examination except for COMP1531 Course Staff and Exam Invigilators.
• You must not get help from anyone during this exam, except from COMP1531 Course Staff and Exam Invigilators. You should raise your hand to do so.
• You must not communicate (email, message, post, ...) your exam answers to anyone, even after the exam has finished. There are multiple sessions and some students have extended time to complete the exam, so other students may still be taking the exam after you have finished.
  • Communicating your answers to other students, even after the exam, may be academic misconduct.
• You must ensure that, during and after the examination, no other person can access your work.
• You must not use code-synthesis tools, such as: GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc. during this exam.
• Your zPass should not be disclosed to any other person.
  • If you have disclosed your zPass, you should change it immediately.
• In this examination:
  • You are not permitted to access papers, books, or any other written materials, except the ones provided by the exam.
  • You are not permitted to access files on your computer or other computers, except the files provided by the exam.
  • You are not permitted to access web pages or other Internet resources, except the web pages provided by the exam, and the online language documentation linked below.

Exam Overview

• This examination has 11 questions, worth a total of 100 marks.
  • Questions are not worth equal marks.
  • The hurdle for this exam is 40% after scaling.
• The first 6 questions (theory) are short answer.
• The last 5 questions (q7-q11) are programming questions.
• Each question specifies the name of the file to use.
  • Make sure you use exactly this file name.
• When you finish working on a question, you should save your files.
  • You may optionally submit that version of your file using the command specified in the question.
  • You should not wait until the end of the exam to save your answers.
  • Running autotests does not automatically save your code.
  • You do not receive additional time to save your answers.
  • You must save all answers before the end of the exam.
  • You may optionally submit as many times as you like during the exam; only the last submission will be marked.
  • You can verify what submissions you have made with submit --list

Troubleshooting

If a question appears incorrect, first reload the questions, the issue may already have been fixed. Otherwise ask an invigilator.

If you are having issues working on the exam, immediately inform your invigilator.

Fit-to-Sit

This exam is covered by UNSW's Fit-to-Sit policy. That means that, by sitting this exam, you are declaring yourself well enough to do so. You will be unable to apply for special consideration after the exam for circumstances affecting you before it began.