Exam Prep and Wrap-Up
Intro to Computer Science
CS1510, Section 2
Dr. Sarah Diesburg
Topics for today
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Information on the exams
Several examples from your book
Some string formatting examples
Exam Information
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Two exams next week
Focuses on chapters 0-4
Includes material from the lectures and from
the readings.
Exam Information
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Wednesday
Sabin 102
Normal class time (11:00-11:50am)
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Mixture of multiple choice, short answer, and
essay.
100 points
Closed book, closed notes
Computerized exam
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Thursday
In lab (WRT 112), programming exam
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Five small scripts
125 points (25 points each)
Closed book
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May use the IDLE built in Python documentation (really
not helpful if you haven’t used it before then)
Advice for the Tests
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These things can make the difference of
whether you pass or fail this class when
studying
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Go through each class days notes and example
programs on the website
Practice coding over and over by going through
your labs!!! This is the only way to really learn.
Review vocabulary and concepts by reading
the book!!
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Again…
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The only way you can become comfortable
with a toolset is to practice
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Understanding what a power drill does will not
help you much if you don’t practice using it
It’s the same for code
Practicing coding will make you more familiar with
the coding structures necessary to code more
quickly
Patterns will emerge, it will become easier
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Review Wrap-Up
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Find a Letter
Error Checking
Nested Loops
DeMorgan’s Law
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Using and/or/not correctly
4.1 Find a Letter
river = 'Mississippi'
target = input('Input character to find: ')
found = False
for index in range(len(river)): #for each index
if river[index] == target: #check
print( "Letter found at index: ", index )
found = True
break
# stop searching
if (found == False)
print( 'Letter',target,'not found in',river)
Examples
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