Exam I Question Distribution

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Time and Place

• Time: 09:00am – 09:50am, Friday, February 22, 2008
• Place: Streibel Hall 106

Question Style

• Closed books and closed notes


• Procedures of solution finding are strongly requested. If the answers require calculation, you may give the final formulas without calculation.


• For programming questions:
  • If not specified, any programming languages can be used to answer the questions.
  • The code given by you should be able to work on the public Unix servers of the Aerospace School.
  • If the questions specifically ask for C++, the C++ knowledge provided in the class slides and homework solutions should be enough for you to answer the questions.
  • Unix shell programming may be specifically asked to answer the questions.


• The textbook Chapters 1 – 4 were not completely covered. Therefore, if the materials were not mentioned in the classes, the related questions will not be asked.


• Programming Exercise I (web-enabled file systems) will not be covered in this exam, but may be covered in the Exam II.


• Question types may include: (i) true-or-false, (ii) multiple choices, (iii) match, (iv) blank filling, (v) question-and-answer, or (vi) programming.

Question Distribution (Major Topics)

• Covering Chapters 1 – 4, Homeworks I & II, and Class Slides 1.1 – 2.11 and 4.1 – 5.23


• Chapter 1 (15% – 25%)
  • (Concepts) File processing introduction—straightforward
  • (Programming) Using objects in C++


• Chapter 2 (20% – 30%)
  • (Programming) Fundamental file processing
  • Unix commands


• Chapter 3 (30% – 40%)
  • (Concepts) Various secondary storage—straightforward
  • (Calculation) The cost of disk accesses
  • (Calculation) The cost of tape accesses


• Chapter 4 (15% – 25%)
  • (Concepts) Field and record organization—straightforward
  • (Programming) Reading a stream of fields
  • (Concepts and programming) Buffer management

  ^†A question may include sub-questions of different topics.