The exam must be started within 5 minutes of your assigned exam time. If you start later, questions will not display 5 minutes after the official end time of the exam. Even though Blackboard will display the full amount of time available, the questions will stop displaying effectively letting you finish the question you were on, but preventing further questions from being answered.
If you did not take the previous exam, refer to week 5 for Frequently Asked Questions about the exam.
The exam will consist of:
TCP Transmission Question using https://sequencediagram.org/ to create code to submit.
Refer to the TCP Transmission Videos for an example.
Routing Protocol Question. Format will be multiple input boxes arranged to form a table. Refer to the routing using distance vector video for an example.
Coding problems with restricted API's
Question will be similar to those seen on assessment 2.
All coding problems must use observer pattern (using callbacks), no points will be awarded for solutions that use promises or async/await notation.
Multiple long form questions where I ask students to explain a protocol, algorithm, or architecture. I'm not interested in searchable definitions, students must demonstrate a strong understanding of the topic by going into the details about the inner workings with examples.
Most questions will have the majority of its points awarded for detailing your answer
The exam will be taken during your scheduled class time which will differ a bit between sections. If you miss the exam or cannot take it for any reason you will not be able to take it later, instead you will have its grade replaced with the first exam as detailed in the syllabus.
Open Book
Open Search (incorrect answers that you find on the Internet will not be awarded points)
You are allowed to reference notes and perform web searches
Please note the exam is extremely time limited. It is designed such that if you have to take the time to learn the answer during the exam, you will not be able to complete most of it.
Asking for help
Giving help
You are forbidden from getting or receiving exam assistance.
All exam questions will be tagged with unique identifiers (barcodes / watermarks / rephrasings / typos / etc...) Your TA's and I will be monitoring student resource repositories (like Chegg, Reddit, StackOverflow, ...), as well as student Discord and WeChat groups that you may have formed. Should a leaked exam question be traced back to you, all parties involved will immediately fail the course and be reported to the Office of Student Conduct for disciplinary measures.
In addition all code will be passed through Stanford Moss.
20 minutes before the exam starts:
Have a browser open, one tab on Blackboard, another on the course webpage.
Make sure you have node version 14+ installed.
Have vscode open (or your editor of choice)
(run your programs through Terminal instead of the vscode's built in debugger)
Have a pen and paper available for the routing question
Use a timer app on your phone to keep track of time, try to spend no more than X minutes on a problem if the
Rules and consequences regarding leaking questions continue to apply after you have completed the exam. Due to exams taking place at different times please wait until the following week for all students to have completed the exam before engaging in any post exam discussions.
If you have technical difficulties during the exam I will be accessible via Blackboard Collaborate and email, you must contact me within the first 30 minutes of the exam to give sufficient time to look into any issues.