Data-intensive systems

Closed book exam. The questions will be related to the content of the topics covered until Week 6 (24.03.2025), inclusive.

The Midterm will be on-site, on Moodle, you cannot take the exam from home or anywhere else than your designated room at EPFL.

Personal Belongings: Please place all personal belongings (e.g., backpacks, jackets, and any internet-capable devices) at the designated area at the front of the room.

Bring your laptop, fully charged (and the charger, power cord, extension cord etc.). If you do not have a laptop or cannot use it, please let us know until Friday, 28.03.2025.

Bring your Camipro card and an official ID card: We will check the identities of the students taking the midterm exam. Anyone not present in one of the designated rooms will be considered absent, even if they happen to submit the responses.

Any sort of communication or using any device (e.g., smartphones, headphones/earphones, smart watches) other than your computer or a calculator is strictly prohibited. Please do not minimize the window. Opening any software other than a web browser (including the Spotlight search on MacOS) or a web page other than the Midterm exam on EPFL Moodle (e.g., course slides, search engines, ChatGPT and other LLMs) is strictly prohibited. A physical calculator is permitted for the purpose of the exam. The usage of the calculator app on the laptop is not allowed. We obviously trust your integrity. Nevertheless, any form of cheating will be reported and can entail severe consequences.

You will be given one A4 blank sheet to use as scrap paper (possibly more on demand). You are not allowed to use your own scrap paper.

Desk Arrangement: On your desk, you are allowed only the essentials: a pen/pencil, your laptop (along with a charger/extension cord, if necessary), your Camipro card and official ID, the provided scrap paper, and a bottle of water or another beverage.

There will be NO CLARIFICATIONS during the exam. The questions and their contexts should be sufficient to attempt them. If you think something is missing or wrong, make "reasonable" assumptions.

DO NOT copy/paste in text boxes. Moodle has issues with encoding, which may crash the quiz attempt. You should input/write in the designated box directly, only.

It is mandatory to "Submit all and Finish" at the end. Submissions that are not submitted will NOT be graded.

Once you are done, before you leave, you need to wait for Teaching Assistants to record your departure in the presence sheet. Attempts after departure are prohibited.

You are not allowed to leave before we take your presence and 15 minutes before the exam ends.

Consequences for Non-Compliance: Adhering to these rules is crucial. These measures are in place to protect the integrity of our examination process and ensure fairness for all students.