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You have to do the work '''individually'''. You cannot seek help from anybody for this exam. The TAs will not have consulting hours, and will not be allowed to answer questions relating to Python or the class material. All questions relating to this Final should be directed to your instructor, and posted on Piazza. Posts on piazza should not contain any code. Only questions meant to clarify the exam are allowed. No debugging-related questions will be answered. | You have to do the work '''individually'''. You cannot seek help from anybody for this exam. The TAs will not have consulting hours, and will not be allowed to answer questions relating to Python or the class material. All questions relating to this Final should be directed to your instructor, and posted on Piazza. Posts on piazza should not contain any code. Only questions meant to clarify the exam are allowed. No debugging-related questions will be answered. | ||
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| − | The deadline for the exam is Friday, | + | The deadline for the exam is Friday, ''May 8, at 4:00 p.m.''' While you are given 8 days on this exam, the programming should not take you more than a day, two at most, so organize your time well. No extensions will be granted beyond the due date and time. |
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* Your program must match this output as closely as possible, including the "---Output---" line. Remember that your program will be tested with a collection of tweets that will be different, and probably gathered in a different time period, so your program must locate the oldest and newest tweets ''found'', and not simply output the dates shown above! | * Your program must match this output as closely as possible, including the "---Output---" line. Remember that your program will be tested with a collection of tweets that will be different, and probably gathered in a different time period, so your program must locate the oldest and newest tweets ''found'', and not simply output the dates shown above! | ||
* <font color="magenta">(Addition)</font>: The number of distinct locations is the number of different strings used to represent locations. "Northampton, MA" is distinct from "Northampton MA". "Northampton" is the same as "northampton". | * <font color="magenta">(Addition)</font>: The number of distinct locations is the number of different strings used to represent locations. "Northampton, MA" is distinct from "Northampton MA". "Northampton" is the same as "northampton". | ||
| − | * <font color="magenta">(Addition)</font>: | + | * <font color="magenta">(Addition)</font>: You are free to make an empty location count as a unique location or not. So if the file contains 2 tweets, one with location "Northampton", and the other one with a blank location (only white space after the "Location: " string in the file), then that will count as either 1 or 2 distinct locations. Both answers are correct. |
* Note also that the date has been modified by the program, and is output as an 8-digit quantity; the year first, followed by the month, followed by the day. Note also that April is represented by 04, and not 4. | * Note also that the date has been modified by the program, and is output as an 8-digit quantity; the year first, followed by the month, followed by the day. Note also that April is represented by 04, and not 4. | ||
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Answer the questions in the Quiz section of the Final Exam section, on Moodle. | Answer the questions in the Quiz section of the Final Exam section, on Moodle. | ||
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[[Category:CSC111]][[Category:Python]] | [[Category:CSC111]][[Category:Python]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:22, 12 December 2015
This exam is a take-home exam given under the rules of the Smith College Honor-Code. Please make sure you read it and understand it.
The exam is open book, open notes, and open Web.
You have to do the work individually. You cannot seek help from anybody for this exam. The TAs will not have consulting hours, and will not be allowed to answer questions relating to Python or the class material. All questions relating to this Final should be directed to your instructor, and posted on Piazza. Posts on piazza should not contain any code. Only questions meant to clarify the exam are allowed. No debugging-related questions will be answered.
The deadline for the exam is Friday, May 8, at 4:00 p.m.' While you are given 8 days on this exam, the programming should not take you more than a day, two at most, so organize your time well. No extensions will be granted beyond the due date and time.
