Exam 1 will be given on Wednesday, October 13, for CPSC 115-01 and Thursday,
October 14, for CPSC 115-02, both in class. It will be a closed-book exam,
and no calculator will be allowed. The exam will cover all of the lectures
given prior to the exam, reading assignments (Chapters 1–6),
Laboratories 1–5, Homework 1–4, and Quizzes 1, 2.
A list of particularly important topics
Algorithms and the Turing machine
The main layers of a computer system, von Neumann model and four-step
instruction cycle
High-level languages, compilers and interpreters
Software development process: problem analysis, algorithm design and
implementation
Alyssa's Coffee pays employees time-and-a-half for any hours worked
above 40 in a given week. Design and implement a Python script that prompts
the user for hours worked and an hourly wage and then computes the total
wages for the week. Start from an I/O specification and algorithm.
Write a Python function named c_to_f that takes two Celsius
temperatures in parameters m and n such that m
≤ n and prints a table showing all Celsius degrees
between m and n (with an increment of one degree) in one
column and the equivalent Fahrenheit degrees (with an increment of 9/5
degrees) in another column.
Write a Python function named max that takes two numbers in
parameters and returns the maximum of the two. Then, using the function
max, write a Python function named max_of_three that takes
three numbers in parameters and returns the maximum of the three.
A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4 unless it is a century
year that is not divisible by 400 (for example, 1900 was not a leap year
while 2000 was). Write a boolean-valued function named is_leap
that takes a year in a parameter and returns True if it is a leap
year and False otherwise.
Finally, do not forget to review all the laboratory, homework and quiz
problems. The laboratory, homework and quiz problems are as important as
those given above.
