Exams
515 Compiler Design
Spring 2007


Exam Notes

You may bring one 1-sided sheet of notes to the Midterm
You may bring two 1-sided sheets of notes to the Final

You will be required to turn in your exam notes with your exam
Don't assume that these notes help, these exams require thinking, not memorization


Exam Dates

Midterm: Thursday April 5 (as voted on in class on 3/27)

Final:  Thursday May 17, 2:00 - 3:50 (final schedule)


Exams with answers (links will become valid immediately after each exam).

Midterm with answers  midterm.s07.with_answers.pdf 

Final with answers  final.s07.with_answers.pdf   



Exams From Previous Semesters

Midterms Spring 2006 Spring 2005
Finals Spring 2006 Spring 2005



Altered Exam Policy

When students come to me with a grading error on an exam, I always wonder if I made a mistake or if the student altered the exam after I graded it.  Both possibilities are not very comfortable; I don't want to think I made mistakes, and I don't want to think students altered the exam.

I have a solution to this problem.  I copy a sampling of graded exams before I return them to students.  If a student brings an exam to me, it is one of the exams I copied, and the exam has been altered, the student receives an F in the course and will be reported to academic affairs.

Think about your odds of getting caught before you alter an exam.  I won't tell you how many exams I copy, but assume I copy 10% (that's only 3-5 exams in the average class), you have a 1 in 10 chance of failing the course because you are trying to raise your exam grade few percent.  The potential bad outcome significantly outweighs the potential good outcome.