CSE 221 Homework 1

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  1. Which prerequisite did you satisfy to gain entry to CSE221 (CSE201, EG167, Placement exam)? If you did not take either CSE201 or EG167 please briefly describe your previous programming experience and where you gained this experience.
  2. Go to the webpage for the CSE 221/CSE 222/CSE 321 course sequence. Read over the following documents: Now answer the following questions.
    1. When will your computer account for this course disappear?
    2. Where are the computer labs you can use for this course?
    3. Do you plan to talk regularly with any other CSE 221 students about homework and lab assignments? If so, with whom? What acts constitute "going over the line" between acceptable collaboration and academic misconduct?
    4. Suppose you submitted for a lab assignment a "correct" program that was sloppily done and poorly documented, and was generally not something you'd want to show to, say, your boss. Approximately what mark would you expect to receive for it?
    5. Of the course objectives, which is the most surprising one, in the sense that you might not have expected to see it as an objective for this course?  Why?
    6. What percentage of your total course grade is based on the lab assignments (not including closed-lab assignments)?
    7. What special relationship is there between the final exam and your course grade, other than the fact that it accounts for 30% of the total points in the course?
  3. Read Units 1 and 2 in CSE 221: Software Development Using Components - Getting Started and answer all of the Still Awake? exercises.