Exams

Updated: 2025-06-02

General exam information

The exam consists of two parts and provides different possible tracks. Also, we provide the option of a bonus track to equivalate (equate) the exam in a manner related to the work you have done at the lab (see section B, below).

All students must choose the type of exam by filling in this form on Campus Virtual until 9 June 2025.

A. The standard exam consists of the two sections below.

Important: Students taking the exam must bring

- mobile phones with full access to their Campus Virtual accounts. These will be needed for actions like authentication and other potential Campus Virtual functions. Students who cannot meet this requirement must notify the examiners in advance.
- several sheets of A4 paper and writing instruments
  • Section 1. Written exam, that must be done in a limited time interval during the exam day, consisting of two parts. They will be:
    • a) A quiz consisting of 13-15 random multiple choice questions. The quiz must be filled in in 15 minutes. The maximum grade provided by the quiz alone is 7. Each question may have multiple valid answers, and the grade for that question is proportional to the number of correct answers. Selecting a wrong answer voids the respective question regardless of the other chosen answers.
    • b) A part focused on practical topics, consisting of questions related to developing C programs in a similar style with what you have explored at the lab. Requirements related to writing partial or complete bash scripts are also possible. The answers must be given during a limited time, and may need to provide code sequences or even complete programs that must work as described in their specification. Programs and scripts with errors will not be taken into consideration. This part will provide the additional maximum 3 points for a total grade of maximum 10.
  • Section 2. Oral exam, consisting of direct questions from the examiners to the student, in an interview style, at the exam date. This part will only be activated when necessary, at the examiners' choice, to clarify issues/questions observed at the written part. Students will be asked to participate, and failing to do so will end up with failing the exam.

B. As an exception, this semester students can choose to equivalate (equate) their Exam with their Lab assignment grade (the project done during the semester) if that grade is equal with or higher than 5. For this purpose, they must fill in the form linked above with the proper choice. Once the equivalation is chosen, it will be valid for ALL exam dates (presentations) and cannot be changed after the first one. Important: choosing to participate to the standard exam invalidates any choice of using the lab project grade for it.