Exams
Midterms and finals will be administered in person. You can use an 8.5x11 inch (front and back) handwritten cheat sheet (printed cheat sheets are not allowed, not even if handwritten on iPad).
Midterm I
- Date and Time: Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 4-5:40pm PT (4-6:30pm with DSP 1.5x time).
- Room:
- Topics: all material covered in Units 1-7 up to slide 7.18 (check the list of required topics)
- Samples: Spring19 (blank), Fall19a (blank), Fall19b (blank), Spring20 (blank), Fall22a (blank), Fall22b (blank), Fall22c (blank), Fall22d (blank), Spring23a (blank), Spring23b (blank), Spring23c (blank), Fall23a (blank), Fall23b (blank), Fall23c (blank), Fall23d (blank) Spring24a (blank), Spring24b (blank), Spring24c (blank),
- Textbook preparation problems
- Exercises 2.3 (p.38), 2.23 (p.80)
- Exercises 2.29 (p.93) [just indicate if signed overflow occurred], 2.33 (p.153), 2.40 (p.156)
- Exercise 2.5 (p.160)
- Homework problems at the back of Chapter 2 are good exercises to review Unit1-Unit3
- Exercises 3.2 (p.185), 3.5 (p.189), 3.6 (p.192)
- Exercises 3.18 (p.213), 3.20 (p.219), 3.21 (p.219), 3.24 (p.224), 3.25 (p.226)
- Homework problems at the back of Chapter 3 are good exercises to review.
Midterm II
- Date and Time: Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 4-5:40pm PT (4-6:30pm with DSP 1.5x time).
- Room:
- Topics: all material covered in Units 8-11 (check the list of required topics)
- Samples: Spring19 (blank) Spring19 (blank) Fall19 (blank) Fall22a (blank) Fall22b (blank) Fall22c (blank) Fall22d (blank) Spring23a (blank) Spring23b (blank) Spring23c (blank) Fall23a (blank) Fall23b (blank) Fall23c (blank) Spring24a (blank) Spring24b (blank)
- A summary of VM and cache organization
- Textbook preparation problems
- Exercises 3.44 (p.275), 3.45, 3.68 (p.320), 3.69
- Exercises 6.25 (p.650), 6.26, 6.30, 6.31, 6.32, 6.33, 6.34, 6.36
- Exercises 9.11-9.13 (reference memory state in Fig. 9.20 on p.822), 9.11 (p.877), 9.12, 9.13, 9.15
Midterm II: Makeup Exam
- Date and Time: Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at
- 11-11:50am (First Group)
- 12-12:50pm (Second Group)
- 2-2:50pm (Third Group)
- Room: MHP-101
- OSAS Accommodations: Students can book an exam at OSAS on Friday or join in MHP-101.
- Note: You should come at the time of the discussion section that you are registered for. If you would like to come in a different group, let us know in advance.
Final
- Date and Time: Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 4:30-6:30pm PT (4:30-7:30pm with DSP 1.5x time).
- Room:
- Topics: all material covered during the course (check the list of required topics)
- Samples: Spring19 (blank, plus all problems in Midterm I and II), Spring19a (blank), Spring19b (blank), Fall19 (blank), Fall22 (blank), Spring23a (blank), Spring23b (blank), Spring23c (blank) Fall23a (blank), Fall23b (blank), Fall23c (blank) Spring24a (blank), Spring24b (blank),
- Additional unrolling/scheduling problems: Additional Slides
- Additional textbook preparation problems
- Exercises 5.8, 5.13, 5.14b
- Exercises 7.6, 7.9, 7.11, 7.12
- All other textbook problems from Midterm I and II