Exam rules
The exam will be on the 14th of December and the 8th of January - please choose one date and register in SIS.
The exam consists of 2 parts: a test (up to 70 minutes) and three programming exercises. Three hours (180 minutes) will be given to complete both parts of the exam. The test must be finished and submitted before proceeding with the programming exercises.
Screen recording is obligatory during the exam. Without the full video of the exam, the work will not be graded. You have to start recording before starting the quiz and stop recording when you will submit the solutions of the programming exercises. Hereof, please check the video recording tool of your choice before the exam and ensure that everything runs slick. Also, ensure that there is enough space on your computer to record the video during the exam. Save the recording on your computer and later upload it to some server (for example, Drive, OneDrive or Youtube). Make the file available to the instructor and put the link in the Moodle.
You can use one of the following video recording tools:
During the test, it is forbidden to use any materials, except for one A4 size paper prepared by you with handwritten "help". It is allowed to fill both sides of the paper with anything you want (in any size you want).
Once you have finished with the test, you have to proceed with the programming exercises. Obviously, the programming exercises have to be solved in Python. All materials (videos, examples, your solutions, example solutions, etc.), internet and paper materials are allowed to use while solving the programming exercises. Any communication with others (except the instructor (Marina Lepp)) is prohibited.
You have to use Thonny during the exam. Thonny saves every action that is performed in Thonny. You have to present the log files together with the programs.
Before the exam, you have to turn the logging on:
- check the Thonny version (Help -> About Thonny)
- version 3.1.2 or older: Thonny automatically logs every action
- version 3.2.0 or newer:
- choose Options from menu Tools
- tick Log program usage events
- close Thonny
You can get these log files from Thonny:
- when the programs are ready, close Thonny - log files are created;
- open Thonny again;
- choose Open Thonny data folder from menu Tools - this will open .thonny folder;
- open user_logs folder;
- log files are named by the dates when they are created - please send us all the files with the exam date.
Check for some examples of the test and the programming exercises: