Final Exam Preparation

The Final exam will be held on Tuesday, December 11th, 8:00-11:00am. Everyone will be in the RSF Fieldhouse. DSP students should have received an email from us about final exam instructions.

The final exam will cover material from all lectures, homeworks, discussion sections, and projects. Note that exam questions will in many cases ask you to extend or combine basic ideas and algorithms from class. Make sure you understand the fundamentals in addition to being able to procedurally execute algorithms. The exam will not test your knowledge of Python, however questions may assume familiarity with the projects (see past exams for examples).

The final will be closed notes, books, laptops, and people. However, you may use a three-page (six sides) cheat sheet of your own design (group design ok but not recommended).

You may also use a basic, non-programmable calculator, which is not required, but which may be helpful and is recommended. (No TI-86's, iPhones, etc.)

The Practice Final is available here. This is meant for you to simulate exam environment and help assess where you are at. It is optional. You are able to earn 1pt of extra credit on the final by appropriately completing it by its deadline: Saturday, 12/08 at 11:59 pm

In addition to regular office hours, we will be holding final review sessions during the normal discussion section slots. There will be multiple types of review session, each covering one week's worth of materials through some review and then a past exam question on that week's topic. You can attend as many as you like. The schedule is below.


Review Sessions


TopicTimeLocationGSI
Naive Bayes, Decision TreesTuesday 12/4, 4:00-5:00pmWheeler 222Daniel
MDPs, RLTuesday 12/4, 5:00-6:00pmWheeler 202Aditya
Sampling, VPIWednesday 12/5, 12:00-1:00pmEtcheverry 3113Katie
Sampling, VPIWednesday 12/5, 12:00-1:00pmWheeler 202Jasmine
HMMsWednesday 12/5, 1:00-2:00pmDwinelle 182Wilson
Perceptrons, Neural NetworksWednesday 12/5, 2:00-3:00pmDwinelle 229Jonathan
Probability, Bayes NetsWednesday 12/5, 3:00-4:00pmDwinelle 79Noah
Probability, Bayes NetsWednesday 12/5, 3:00-4:00pmCory 289David
CSPsWednesday 12/5, 4:00-5:00pmEtcheverry 3119Alex
GamesWednesday 12/5, 5:00-6:00pmLatimer 105Nikita
GamesWednesday 12/5, 5:00-6:00pmDwinelle 243Nikhil
SearchWednesday 12/5, 6:00-7:00pmLatimer 105Laura

Office Hours


TimeLocation
Monday 12/3, 11:00am-1:00pm, 2:00pm-3:00pm Soda Alcove 611
Monday 12/3, 3:00pm-6:00pm Soda Alcove 341A
Tuesday 12/4, 5:00-6:00pm Soda Alcove 341A
Wednesday 12/5, 11:00am-1:00pm Soda Alcove 611
Wednesday 12/5, 4:00pm-8:00pm Soda Alcove 341A
Thursday 12/6, 7:00pm-8:00pm Soda Alcove 341A
Friday 12/7, 10:00am-11:00am Soda Alcove 611
Friday 12/7, 5:00pm-7:00pm Soda Alcove 341A

Past Exams


SemesterMidterm 1/MidtermMidterm 2Final
Fall 2017 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Spring 2017 Midterm ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Fall 2016 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Summer 2016 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Spring 2016 Midterm ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Summer 2015 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Spring 2015 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Fall 2014 Midterm ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Summer 2014 Midterm ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Spring 2014 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Fall 2013 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Spring 2013 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Fall 2012 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Spring 2012 Midterm 1 ( solutions ) Midterm 2 ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Fall 2011 Midterm ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )
Spring 2011 Midterm ( solutions ) Final ( solutions )

Note that in previous years, topics were covered in varying orders, and so the exam topics do not align perfectly.

You can also look at much older exams from other versions of the class, but be aware that the syllabus has changed over time.