15-213/18-213/15-513/18-613 Introduction to Computer Systems (ICS): Exams

• There are two exams: a midterm and a final.
• All exams are closed book, closed notes.
• However, you may use one (1) double-sided 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of notes, which can be handwritten or machine-printed, to the midterm, and you may use two (2) double-sided 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of notes to the final.
• Your note sheet may not contain any pre-worked problems.
• You may also use blank scratch paper, but you are not permitted to use a calculator or any other electronic aid.
• There will be questions similar to previous exams, questions that will test your understanding of the lab material, and new types of questions.
• Note: These practice exams use the IA32 architecture. All present and future exams will solely use the x86-64 architecture. A detailed comparison between the two architectures can be found on the CSAPP website under the ASM:IA32 heading.

Midterm Exam - Week of March 16th

• The midterm will be a take-home exam offered over a period of a few days, but to help everyone with timwe management, we do limit the amount of time one can spend working on it.
• The nominal time for the exam is 80 minutes, but students will have 3 hours to complete the exam.
• You are responsible for everything in Chapters 1-3 and Chapter 6 in your textbook.
• Your TAs will hold an exam review.
• To study, read each chapter and work in study groups to review slides, review your own notes, work the practice problems in the book, and do problems from previous exams. Note that in previous years, Chapter 6 (memory hierarchy) was covered by Exam 2:

Exam 1:

• Fall 2012 (model solution)
• Fall 2011 (model solution)
• Spring 2011 v1 v2 (model solution v1) (model solution v2)
• Fall 2010 (model solution)
• Spring 2010 (model solution)
• Fall 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Fall 2008 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2008 (model solution)
• Spring 2007 (model solution)
• Fall 2006 (model solution)
• Spring 2006 (model solution)
• Fall 2005 (model solution)
• Spring 2005 (model solution)
• Fall 2004 (model solution)
• Spring 2004 (model solution)
• Fall 2003 (model solution)
• Spring 2003 (model solution)
• Fall 2002 (model solution)
• Spring 2002 (model solution)
• Fall 2001 (model solution)

Exam 2:

• Spring 2011 v1 v2 (model solution v1) (model solution v2)
• Fall 2010 (model solution)
• Fall 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Fall 2008 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2008 (model solution)
• Spring 2007 (model solution)
• Fall 2006 (model solution)
• Spring 2006 (model solution)
• Fall 2005 (model solution)
• Spring 2005 (model solution)
• Fall 2004 (model solution)
• Spring 2004 (model solution)
• Fall 2003 (model solution)
• Spring 2003 (model solution)
• Spring 2003 (model solution)
• Fall 2002 (model solution)
• Spring 2002 (model solution)
• Fall 2001 (model solution)

Final Exam - During the University exam time

• You are responsible for everything in Chapters 1-3 and Chapters 6-12 in your textbook. You can expect questions on topics such as, but not limited to, floating point, assembly, stacks, caches, VM address translation, process control, Unix I/O, concurrency, and synchronization.
• To study, read each chapter and work in study groups to review slides, review your own notes, work the practice problems in the book, and do problems from previous exams.

• Fall 2012 (model solution)
• Fall 2011 (model solution)
• Spring 2011 (model solution)
• Fall 2010 (model solution)
• Fall 2009 (model solution)
• Spring 2009 (model solution)
• Spring 2008 (model solution)
• Fall 2007 (model solution)
• Spring 2007 (model solution)
• Fall 2006 (model solution)
• Spring 2006 (model solution)
• Fall 2005 (model solution)
• Spring 2005 (model solution)
• Fall 2004 (model solution)
• Spring 2004 (model solution)
• Fall 2003 (model solution)
• Fall 2002 (model solution)
• Spring 2002 (model solution)
• Fall 2001 (model solution)