Final Study Guide

The final will be given on Tuesday, December 7 from 7 to 10pm in room 52-0E26.
There will be a review session in 14-256 on Monday, December 6 from 12 to 2pm.
Dr. Janzen will have office hours in his office or 14-256 on Tuesday, December 7 from 2 to 4pm.
You should bring a pencil and eraser.
You may not use any study aids during the exam. For instance, books, notes, friends, phones, computers will not be allowed.
The exam will contain multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and programming questions.
Although the exam is comprehensive, it will focus on topics from the last half of the course, primarily Java and Android
You may be asked questions regarding:

material presented during lecture and lab - be sure to review notes linked from the course schedule
reading assignments
the course project including topics such as (but not limited to) process, organization, domain, technology
the functionality of Android phones (e.g. touch, magnetometer, accelerometer, internet, GPS, wifi, internet)
capabilities and limitations of Scratch
capabilities and limitations of App Inventor
Java programming fundamentals

answer questions about programming and Java basics (e.g. what is a data type?, what is the difference between if and while?)
be able to write short programs that use class, if/else, for, while, primitive data types, built-in operators (+,-,*,/,%,++,==,!=,&&,||), functions/methods
you are encouraged to carefully review labs 4, 5, and 6
you may also find value in doing sample problems at codingbat.com
sample problems will also be provided through email

be able to write JUnit tests (e.g. use assertEquals and assertTrue as in this example)

answer questions about Android programming concepts (e.g. what is an Activity?, what is an Intent?, what is a layout? what is a view?)
be able to write short programs similar to the TicTacToe program in Lab 6
be able to write methods similar to Intents and Shared Preferences