Tim Wahls
office: E-258K Olmsted
phone: 948-6085
email: wahls@psu.edu

Sample student programs are now available! See the directory: ~taw2/pub/student or the link at section VII of this page

Final Exam

• Monday, May 5 from 6:00 to 8:30
• 150 points
  • about 50 points comprehensive
  • about 100 points on material since the midterm
• open book and notes
• note the links to old exams at the bottom of this page

Table of Contents

1. Course Syllabus
   
2. Course Policies
   
3. UNIX and C resources page created by Dr. Bui
4. Frequently Asked Questions page for the Sun Cluster
5. FTP and Telnet Software for Windows 95
6. Assignments
   1. Assignment 1
   2. Program 1
   3. Program 2
   4. Program 3
   5. Program 4
   6. Program 5
   7. Program 6 (extra credit added 3/19/97)
   8. Extra Credit Assignment
   9. Program 7
   10. Program 8
   11. Program 9
7. Example Student Programs
8. Introduction to UNIX
   1. UNIX Basics
   2. Creating and Editing Files with vi
   3. Basic UNIX Commands
   4. The UNIX File System
   5. Protection Modes
9. C Basics
   1. Compiling C Programs
   2. General Structure of a C Program
   3. Comments in C
   4. Variable Declarations
   5. Types for Variables
   6. Assignment Statements
   7. Constants
   8. Arithmetic Operators and Expressions
   9. Type Casting
   10. Precedence and Grouping
   11. Shortcut Operators
   12. Using Electronic Mail
10. Flow of Control
    1. Boolean Expressions and Operators
    2. Relational (Comparison) Operators
    3. Boolean Operators and Compound Boolean Expressions
    4. if Statements
    5. if Expressions
    6. switch Statements
    7. for Loops
    8. while Loops
    9. do while Loops
    10. Using break and exit()
11. Functions
    1. Function Calls
    2. Standard (Built-in) Functions
    3. User Defined Functions
    4. Program Format
    5. Pass-by-Value Parameters
    6. Pass-by-Address Parameters
    7. The return Statement
    8. Scoping Rules
12. UNIX Commands
    1. File Information
    2. Other Information
13. Input/Output
    1. Using printf()
    2. Using scanf()
    3. Text Files
    4. Reading and Writing Text Files
    5. Standard Files
    6. File Processing
    7. UNIX Input and Output
14. Arrays
    1. One-Dimensional Arrays
    2. Multidimensional Arrays
    3. Declaring New Types
    4. Initializing Arrays
    5. Advice on Using Arrays
15. Strings
16. Structures
    1. Structs and Functions
    2. Nested Structs
    3. Other Declaration Methods
17. Dynamic Memory Management
    1. Allocating Memory
    2. Sizing Arrays at Runtime
    3. Linked Lists

Exams from Spring 1996:

• Midterm
• Final
• Answer Key for Final

Exams from Fall 1996:

• Midterm
• Final

Current Exams:

• Midterm

And some fun: a link to a Top Ten list of reasons for learning UNIX and C.

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