COSC 3461 - User Interfaces - Winter 2005

Notes on the Final Exam

This page is intended to provide you with some information on the format of the final exam. At this time the final exam is almost finished, but I am still making minor changes, so the information here is not guaranteed to remain 100% accurate - however, things are not likely to change very much.

Here are some general comments:

• There are fourteen questions
• The exam is out of 80 marks
• The exam should take 120 minutes to write
• The exam covers:
  • the lectures
  • the powerpoint slides
  • the demo programs and 'Java-doc' documentation
  • the weekly readings
  • and parts of:
    • Java API
    • Java / Swing Tutorial

• Approximately 50% of the marks are from the first half of the course (before the midterm), and 50% are from the second half
• There are two programming questions, together worth approximately 15% of the total
• There are three questions from the weekly readings, together worth approximately 20% of the total
• No aids are allowed
• The final will be held on Wednesday, April 27th, at 9:00 AM, in CB 121 (Chemistry Building)