CPSC 1301 - Computer Science I - Midterm Study Guide

Study Material

Chapters 1-6 of Introduction to Computing and Programming by Guzdial & Ericson

Material from Java programming assignments and labs

Test Format (February 27, 2008 in CCT408)
11 Short Answer Questions (40 points) - evaluate, compute, write Java statements, what is the output?
Turtle Graphics Questions (20 pts)
1 Programming Problems (40 pts)

Specifically Study

• Introduction to Computer Science and Media Computation
  • What is Computer Science About?
  • What Computers Understand
  • Media Computation
  • binary, decimal, hexadecimal
  • ASCII, Unicode
  • algorithms, programs, Moore's Law
  • CPU, ALU, RAM, ROM, register, cache
• Introduction to Java
  • Java Basics
    • Math Operators
    • Printing Results
    • Data Types
    • Castomg
    • Relational Operators
    • Strings
  • Variables
• Introduction to Programming
  • Files and file names
  • Class and Object Methods
  • Math Class and methods
  • String Class and methods
  • Working with Turtles
  • Creating Methods
  • Working with Media
• Modifying Pictuers Using Loops
  • Maniulating Pictures
  • For-Each Loop
  • While Loop
  • For Loop
  • 1-D Arrays
  • Changing Color Values
• Modifying Pixles in a Matrix
• Copying Pixels
• Nested Loops
• Copying and Transforming Pictures
• 2-D Arrays
• Conditonally Modifying Pixles
• Conditional Pixel Changes
• Comparing Colors
• Conditionals with Two Options (if-else)
• Multiple Conditions (logical operators)
• Nested Conditionals