Exam I Question Distribution

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Time and Place

• Time: 03:00pm – 03:50am, Friday, October 10, 2008
• Place: Streibel Hall 238

Question Style

• Closed books and closed notes


• Questions will be similar to the homework questions, but will be easier.


• Question types may include: (i) true-or-false, (ii) multiple choices, (iii) matching, (iv) blank filling, (v) question-and-answer, and (vi) programming.

Major Question Distribution

• Covering Class Slides 1.1 – 5.4 and 1.a – 6.d, Homeworks I and II, and Programming Exercise I


• Introduction (0% – 10%)
  Straightforward


• Programming Language Syntax (30% – 40%)
  • Concepts
  • Context-free grammars
  • Derivations and parse trees
  • Ambiguity


• Translational Semantics Using Attribute Grammars (30% – 40%)
  • Concepts
  • Attribute grammars
  • Synthesized attributes
  • Inherited attributes


• Programming Language Survey (15% – 25%)
  • Straightforward
  • No database details
  • If programming questions are given, the knowledge learned from the slides will be enough.