EGR 103/Skills Quiz

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• Where/how to scan into a PDF: Scanning. When scanning, start with the cover page, then the test page for Problem 1, then any additional work for problem 1, then the test page for problem 2, then any additional work for problem 2, etc, etc.

Round 1: 75-minute closed notes

• First, after you feel you are prepared to take the test, find 75 minutes in a quiet space with no distractions where you can take the test. Print it out from Sakai in the Resources folder, have 5 or 6 extra blank pieces of paper and a dark pen or pencil handy. Only write on one side of each page and only put work for one problem on any given piece of paper. Be sure your name and NetID are on every page.
  • For Problem I, put the answers on the test page in the grid
  • For Problem II, put your answers on the test page in the space below each prompt
  • For Problem II and IV, put your code on a separate piece of paper but make it clear which function or which part of the script you are writing; you can use a comment such as # Part (2) to indicate what code is doing what
• After 75 minutes, stop yourself - if you were unable to complete the work, that's an indicator about needing to possibly work on time management for the test.
• You will be scanning the test to a PDF and uploading it to Gradescope. I haven't written the full set of instructions for that but I will send it out soon. Main thing is that you will go to a Duke public scanning station, scan your test to a PDF, send it to yourself on e-mail, and then upload it to Gradescope. That part is due TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, at 10PM
• See Student Submission for information on how to upload and then organize your upload. You basically need to let us know which page or pages include material for each problem. Include the test page even if all you wrote on the test page is your name and NetID.

Round 2: "Unlimited Time" "Open Notes"

• Second, once you have taken the test by hand, scanned it, and uploaded, find time to correct it given that you can now use Python, notes, and the book. You cannot ask other people questions directly or indirectly (i.e. no posting on message boards) with the exception of private notes to the Spring 2019 instructors of EGR 103. Take as much time as you want up until the second due date, which is SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24th at 10PM (note: there is no lab due that day, just this).
• To turn this in, you will actually be turning things in in different ways for different parts of the quiz:
  • Scan the cover page, Problem I, and Problem II into a single PDF. Your answers should be in the spaces provided for them. Upload this to the Gradescope assignment for Problems I and II
  • For Problems III and IV, actually write the .py files, save them, and then upload the .py files. Give them the following names:
    • Problem III: Call the script problem_3.py; this script should do all the things listed in the problem.
    • Problem IV: Call the script problem_4.py; this script should contain each of the three functions. Note - you can certainly add test code to your script for any or all of the functions; just be sure to put the test code at the bottom of the script and start it with

if __name__ == "__main__":

Round 3: Reflection

• Third, once you have re-taken the test, look back at the original handwritten version as well as the version you were able to do with notes, the book, and the computer. Write down / type out reflections on what you did well, what needs work, what was clear, what wasn't, improvements you would make to the test, etc, etc. This third part is meant to help you prepare for Test I but is also meant for me to get an idea of how I can improve the test document and your preparation for it. You will be uploading this as a PDF to Gradescope by THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, at 10PM and I would imagine it will be about a page long.