TOPICS: Variables,
types, expressions, and assignment statements; Fundamental or
built-in types for working with integer-, real-, Boolean-, character-,
and text-valued data; Simple input from a keyboard or a file,
and simple output to a monitor or a file; Conditional control
structures such as "if" and "if-else"; Iterative
control structures such as "while".
PROGRAMMING
LANGUAGE: Students will be asked to write, as a paper-and-pencil
exercise, short programs or program segments. Students may write
their answers using any programming language. However, students
with knowledge only of the BASIC programming language, or its
visual variants, are frequently not well-prepared for the placement
exam.
SAMPLE QUESTION:
Write a program, in a programming language of your choice, that
repeatedly prompts a user to input a positive integer value. At
any point, if the user enters 0 or a negative integer value, then
the program prints the minimum of all the positive integer values
entered by the user, and terminates execution. For example, if
a user enters the values 4, 13, 8, 11, 2, 66, 5, 0, the program
should report that the smallest of the positive values entered
is 2. Program output should include appropriate user-friendly
headings.
DATES & TIMES FOR PLACEMENT EXAM OFFERINGS (Summer, 2009):
Date |
Time/Place |
| Friday, July 17 |
12:30-1:30 p.m. |
Wednesday, July 29 |
1:00-2:00 p.m. |
Thursday, August 6 |
10:00-11:00 a.m. |
Tuesday, August 11 |
1:30-2:30 p.m. |
DATES & TIMES FOR PLACEMENT EXAM OFFERINGS (Autumn, 2009):
Date |
Time/Place |
Friday, October 23 |
10:30-11:30 a.m. |
Thursday, November 5 |
11:30-12:30 p.m. |
Monday, November 9 |
1:00-2:00 p.m. |
Tuesday, November 17 |
1:30-2:30 p.m. |
All exams
will be offered in room 698 of Dreese Labs. Students should sign
up in advance in room 395 of Dreese Labs, 614.292.5813.
SPECIAL NOTE: Satisfactory performance on the placement exam for CSE 221 fulfills the prerequisite requirements for CSE 221. Satisfactory performance on the placement exam for CSE 221 does not result in academic credit for CSE 201.
