Exam Tips

Boo!

Exams are coming soon... Just another 4 days to go!

Here's the timetable for me...

Date/Day	Time	Module	Venue
11-Sep-2006, Monday	3:00 PM till 4:30 PM	CM-32237-2-FCM	Exam Hall (Level 4), APIIT@TPM
13-Sep-2006, Wednesday	3:00 PM till 4:30 PM	CM-30061-2-DSA	Exam Hall (Level 4), APIIT@TPM
14-Sep-2006, Thursday	10:00 AM till 11:30 AM	CM-3210-2-MSB	Level 1-9, APIIT@TPM

And then, Thanks to our lecturers, we actually got some tips to study!

For DSA, focus on these topics!

1. Application of Stack and Queue
2. Operation of Stack and Queue (Algorithm)
3. Linked List
4. Hash Function
5. Infix to Postfix Conversion (Stack)
6. AVL Tree
7. Construction of Graph, Traversing Graph using Depth First Traversal and Breath First Traversal
8. Huffman Encoding (Theory and Algorithm)

For MSB, there's no real tips but there's a set of questions given and the exam format as well.

Exam Format
Section A (1 hour)

• 4 Questions * 15 Marks = 60 Marks
• Structure/Essay Question

Section B

• 10 Questions * 2 Marks = 20 Marks
• True/False

Section C

• 1 Question * 20 Marks = 20 Marks
• Choose 1 out of 2
• Senario given - Model a diagram

Revision

• Discovering Objects
• Real Time System - Soft, Hard, Combination
• Use Case Diagram - High Level, Low Level
• Class Diagram - Identify Nouns, CRC - to map relationship between classes
• Theory of Compution - Learning Outcomes

Answering Guidelines

• Provide Examples
• For Section C, follow standard of diagram

Lazy to post the set of questions here, but you can access and discuss the answers in my friend's forum, click here.

If anyone happens to see this and have more to share with me, feel free to post it up as well. =)

Lastly, good luck to all my classmates and myself. All the best! XD

^StarrY^