| COMP9315 Final Exam |
The University of New South Wales COMP9315 DBMS Implementation 20T1 Final Exam Instructions |
DBMS Implementation |
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This document has five sections:
You might want to keep it open in a browser tab in case you need to refer to it.
You can work on the exam either on your laptop/workstation at home or by logging in to your CSE asccount on one of the CSE servers. However you choose to do it, you should
First make a new directory/folder called e.g. exam
Then make this your current directory and do all your work there
We suggest that you open a browser with the following tabs:
To keep track of any notices related to the exam; refresh this page every so often.
Just in case you need to check it again..
To read the questions and instructions.
Also, open a terminal window for testing your programs. If you use an editor like vim, you can also use this window for editing. And open a window where you edit your answers.
You should also have a mail reader open to receive any updates on the exam (which will also be posted on the Webcms3 Notices), or to ask for clarification on any question (email cs9315@cse.unsw.edu.au).
If you click on the links to exam-*.zip below, your browser will most likely put them in your downloads folder, and may even unzip them for you. Check the downloads folder and move the relevant directory (work or paper) into your exam directory. If the downloads folder contains the zip file, then move that to your exam directory.
You can generally force browsers to downlod the exam-*.zip file without unzip'ing it by using a left mouse-click on the link. Once you have the zip file in your exam directory, you can run the unzip command manually.
If you want to put the exam paper on your laptop at home ...
Unzip the file https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9315/20T1/exams/final/exam-paper.zip
This will create a new directory called paper under your current directory
Start your web browser and access the paper via the File > Open File menu item
If you want to view the exam paper via the CSE web server ...
Start your web browser
Open this link to the paper on the CSE servers
If you want to work on your laptop/workstation at home ...
You will need to have gcc and make installed on your machine
Unzip the file https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9315/20T1/exams/final/exam-work.zip
If you want to work on the CSE servers ...
Login to a CSE server either via putty or VLab
Unzip the file /web/cs9315/20T1/exams/final/exam-work.zip
After doing either of the above, you will have a new directory called work. In this directory you will find:
A directory containing all of the files for completing the 1st programming question, including a run_tests.sh script
A directory containing all of the files for completing the 2nd programming question, including a run_tests.sh script
Templates for answering the written questions. Edit these files using a text editor of your choosing, and submit the edited files.
Note that the submission mechanisms for this exam are no longer available.
You must submit all files containing your answers via give. You can give files either via Webcms3 or via the command-line. If you use the command line version of give the files will need to be loaded onto a CSE server (details below).
If you are working on your laptop/workstation at home ...
You have two options: Webcms3 or command-line:
go to the Submit Qx page under Final Exam
click on the Make Submssion tab, select the file, and click Submit
use scp (or any other file copying mechanism) to put the file onto your CSE account
example: scp q3.txt z1234567@cse.unsw.edu.au:q3.txt (don't forget the :)
login to your CSE account (e.g. via putty) and run the give command as described at the bottom of the question
example: give cs9315 exam_q3 q3.txt
If you are working on the CSE servers ...
You can directly use give as described at the bottom of the question
example: give cs9315 exam_q1 buckets.c