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ENCM 369 Winter 2010: Index Page for Old Midterms

Author: Steve Norman
Last modified: Sun Feb 28 11:06:39 MST 2010

General Advice

Please keep in mind that topic coverage has varied from year to year, because the midterm has not always been in the sixth week of the term, as it was in 2008 and 2009. For example, the 2006 midterm was in the eighth week of term, so it covered more topics than the 2009 midterm did.

Topic order changed a little starting in Winter 2005 due to the switch to the 3rd edition of the textbook.

The switch to the 4th edition of the textbook has not changed the order of topic coverage in January and February 2009 or 2010 relative to January and February 2008. However, revisions to the textbook will have had a major effect on course content in March and April 2009 and 2010.

2009

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Attention: Problem 5 on the 2009 midterm is based on Lab 5 Exercise E of 2009, which is also Lab 5 Exercise E of 2010. However, in 2010 Lab 5 Exercise E is optional. There will not be any midterm or final exam questions based on this lab exercise in 2010.

Solutions (all documents in PDF format):

Problem 1 solution, by N. Bartley.
Problem 2 solution, version 1 (with incoming arguments copied to s-registers), by N. Bartley.
Problem 2 solution, version 2 (with incoming arguments copied to stack slots), by N. Bartley.
Problem 3 solution, by N. Bartley. CORRECTION to $ra value made Feb 28, 2010 around 11:00am. Use `refresh' in your web browser if you still see the old version of the solution.
Problem 4 solution, by S. Norman.
Problem 5 answers, by S. Norman.
Problem 5: notes about how to solve the problem, by S. Norman.
Problem 6 solutions, by S. Norman.

2008

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Solutions (all documents in PDF format):

Problem 1 solution and remarks about marking and common errors, by N. Bartley.
Problem 2 solution and remarks about marking and common errors, by N. Bartley.
Another Problem 2 solution, with more info about how to get answers, by S. Norman.
Problem 3, Version 1, solution and remarks about marking and common errors (incoming arguments copied to s-registers), by N. Bartley.
Problem 3, Version 2, solution and remarks about marking and common errors (incoming arguments copied to stack slots), by N. Bartley.
Problem 4 solution, by S. Norman.
Problem 5 solution and remarks about marking and common errors, by S. Norman.
Problem 6 solution, by S. Norman.

2007

This year's instructors don't have access to the 2007 midterm material.

2006

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Solutions (all documents in PDF format):

Problem 1, Version 1 (incoming arguments copied to s-registers)
Problem 1, Version 2 (incoming arguments copied to stack slots)
Problem 2
Problem 3
Problem 4
Assembly code from Problem 4 with some instruction addresses added
(useful for understanding how $ra values were determined)
Problem 5

2005

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Solutions:

Problem 1 (ASCII text)
Problem 2, version 1 (ASCII text)
Problem 2, version 2 (ASCII text)
Problem 3 (ASCII text)
Problem 4 answer (PDF format)
Notes on solving Problem 4 (PDF format)
Problem 5 (ASCII text)

2004

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Solutions (all in ASCII text format):

2003

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Solutions (all in ASCII text format):

2002

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Solutions (all in ASCII text format):

2001

The test (both documents in PDF format):

Solutions (all in ASCII text format):