Final exam

Exam
Modified

December 8, 2025

Overview

Exam 1 (the final exam) will be held on Monday, December 15 at 7pm in Upson Hall 146. It will be a 150 minute in-person, timed-exam.

The exam will be cumulative and cover all content taught this semester. It will consist of a series of multiple choice, short answer, and free response questions. Questions are designed to evaluate your understanding of concepts and methods. You may be asked to answer conceptual questions, interpret visualizations, interpret code and output, and/or write code by hand.

Students with SDS accommodations

Students who have registered SDS accommodations related to timed assignments are implemented by the SDS Alternative Testing Program. You will receive separate instructions from SDS about how to take the exam with your accommodations. If you have any questions about your accommodations, please contact SDS directly.

Students with religious or other accommodations

If you require an accommodation for the exam on the basis of religious observances, athletics, military service, or another accommodation listed on the course syllabus, please contact us at soltoffbc@cornell.edu by December 10. Any accommodation requests received after this date are unlikely to be approved.

Rules & Notes

Academic Integrity

  1. A student shall in no way misrepresent his or her work.
  2. A student shall in no way fraudulently or unfairly advance his or her academic position.
  3. A student shall refuse to be a party to another student’s failure to maintain academic integrity.
  4. A student shall not in any other manner violate the principle of academic integrity.

Source: Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity

  • This is an individual assignment. Everything in the exam is for your eyes only.
  • The exam will be held in-person. All responses will be written by hand and submitted on paper.
  • You may not use any electronic devices during the exam.1 This includes laptops, tablets, phones, smartwatches, etc.
  • You may not use any physical materials during the exam. This includes textbooks, notes, calculators, etc. Any required information will be provided in the exam.
TipReference sheets will be provided

I will provide each student with the reference sheet packet you received at the start of the semester. You may use these reference sheets during the exam.

Submission

  • All responses will be submitted on paper using the provided forms. Exams will be evaluated and returned to you via Gradescope.

Grading

  • The exam is worth 20% of your final grade.

Footnotes

  1. Students with certain SDS accommodations are permitted to use a computer.↩︎