Exam Policies and Rules

Make sure you've read over Assignment & Exam Policies!

• The exam takes place on the Trafalgar/Oakville campus in either your regular face-to-face classroom or a designated classroom (for virtual classes). Check your SLATE calendar for clarification and exact details.
• If you are in a virtual class, your exam takes place at the Trafalgar/Oakville campus in-person. See the SLATE calendar for the specific room number. If you are unfamiliar with the Trafalgar/Oakville campus, it is expected that you will arrive early enough to find the exam classroom.
• You are required to bring your Sheridan oneCard to all exams at Sheridan. If you do not bring your oneCard, you will not be permitted to write the exam unless you can provide official, valid ID (and your exam will not be graded until you provide a Sheridan oneCard that matches your ID).
• The exam is exactly 2 hours long. There will be no lesson after the exam.
• The exam is written on paper. No laptops are allowed to be open or on the desks during the exam.
• Bring your own writing materials.
• The exam is closed-book. Besides an approved reference sheet, no textbooks, notes, references, or any other material are allowed on the desks during the exam unless specified by your professor. A re-usable beverage container of an appropriate beverage is permitted.
• No other paper, notes, books, or calculators are allowed on the desk during the exam unless it is provided by your professor or the invigilator.
  • If your professor gives you scrap paper, it MUST be returned with your exam.
  • Failure to submit any scrap paper will result in a grade of 0.
  • The professor/invigilator has the right to inspect any materials at your desk to ensure no cheating is taking place.
• All phones, smart watches, and other devices must be turned off during the exam (not just silenced or on vibrate: they must be OFF). You may not use/answer your phone, use a smart-watch, or use or use any electronic device during the exam.
• You will be required to leave all bags, backpacks, purses, phones, tablets, jackets/coats, hats, headphones/headsets, food/beverages, etc. at the front of the room. This list is not exclusive: your professor may have you leave other items at the front of the room. You may retrieve these items once you have submitted your exam.
• Phones, smart watches, and all other devices must also be left with your belongings at the front of the room. If you are found with a phone, smart watch, or other device at your desk at any time during the exam, you will receive an automatic grade of 0.
• If you are wearing long, baggy sleeves you will be required to roll them up during the exam.
• Ear phones, ear pods, or other listening devices are not permitted during the exam (this does not include accessible devices e.g. hearing aid, chochlear implant). If you are found with any listening device at your desk at any time during the exam, you will receive an automatic grade of 0. Disposable foam ear plugs are permitted: you must show them to the professor/invigilator BEFORE insertion into the ear.
• You may not leave the room for any reason during the exam. You may only leave the room after you have submitted your assigned sheet.
• You are not permitted to discuss the exam with anyone else while you are writing it. You are not permitted to ask another person for help/advice/etc (except your professor/invigilator).
• You are not permitted to communicate with any other person during this exam except your professor or an invigilator/proctor. This includes but is not limited to chat communication, voice communication, and forum or discussion board postings, using any device.
• You may not share/post or otherwise make public or give to anyone else your exam questions or answers during or after the exam. This would constitute a breach of academic integrity on your permanent record and will be dealt with accordingly.
• If you are late for the exam, you will only be allowed to write the exam if no one else has completed the test and left the room. You will not be given extra time.
• There are no make-up exams.

Plan ahead!! Make sure you don't sleep in, as that is not a valid reason for missing a test. Make sure you leave for school earlier than normal in case you encounter transportation problems on the way (i.e traffic jam, broken-down bus, etc). If you drive, make sure you have a bus schedule - if your car won't work when you leave for school, you'll have the time and resources to take the bus, instead.

Exam Procedure

The exam begins on the hour. You will be given 2 hours to write the exam, no exceptions (ALS students with time accommdation must book in the assessment center and notify me 1 week prior to the exam date/time).

Seating is assigned: when you enter the room, leave all belongings at the front of the room. This includes jackets/coats, smart watches, phones, head phones, and all other devices. Then locate your seat.

Each available seat has a paper on the desk - look for the paper with YOUR NAME. If there is someone else's name on the paper, that is NOT your seat.

Do not touch the papers on the desk until you are told the exam has begun.

Place your physical oneCard on the desk. The professor will come around after the exam has begun and check your ID.

During the exam, if you have any questions, stay seated and raise your hand.

Once you have completed your exam, stay seated and raise your hand. Once your exam has been collected, you may leave quietly with your belongings.

Exam Format

The exam will include the following types of questions:

• Multiple-Choice and True/False.
• Short-Answer questions, such as:
  • define something, what's XYZ stand for, etc.
  • fill-in-the-blank
  • write one or two code statements to do something
  • locate, identify and fix errors
• Long-answer / coding questions, e.g.
  • Name/Describe: name/describe x number of steps/stages/characteristics/types of whatever, etc.
  • Explain: explain why abc is important, explain what makes good xyz, explain why developers do blah, explain what a set of statements does or how they work, etc.
  • Code: Write code to perform a certain task e.g. write a PHP function to do something, write the logic to do something, retrieve and sanitize/validate form inputs, write some code to do something on a database, etc.

Study tip: Do all of the questions and practice exercises in the worksheets for each week:

• Week 8
• Week 9
• Week 10
• Week 11
• Week 12
• Week 13

Remember, this exam is worth 25% of your final mark.

Summary of Topics

JavaScript: Event Handling

• event handling - terminology, obtrusive vs unobtrusive, which is preferred and why
• event handler properties e.g. onclick
• addEventListener() and how it works, ways to use it, etc.; Event object and properties, how to access
• event handler properties vs. addEventListener()

HTML Form Processing and Validation

• why validation is performed on both client side and server side
• How to access form elements and their values in JavaScript (all the different ways), how to get the value of various form elements and use them in your code, etc; various properties of form elements.
• creating forms dynamically with DOM functions, Options() for select option elements
• handling form submission, intercept submit with event.preventDefault()
• basic custom form validation using properties etc; custom form validation with Validation Constraint API
• Query string - definition, format, etc.
• GET vs POST requests - differences, when to use one over the other
• Coding forms in HTML and setting up the proper attributes so data can be retrieved on the server by server-side programs e.g. name, value.

Node.js

• What is Node.js (and what it isn't), what is Node.js good at?
• terminology: module, routing, framework, synchronous/asynchronous, middleware, mvc, blocking/non-blocking, full-stack development, opinionated/unopinionated
• Standard project structure and common files/directories
• require() function - what this does
• exports or module.exports - what is this for
• createServer(), listen()
• request and response objects and their properties/methods e.g. req.url, req.originalUrl, res.statusCode, res.setHeader(), res.write(), res.writeHead(), res.end()
• File system module "fs", fs.readFile(), callback params error, data
• URL module/object, url.searchParams
• Initializing app e.g. npm init, what this does, what is package.json
• Running apps e.g. node app or nodemon
• packages - installing e.g. npm install, what is package-lock.json, /node_modules
• exports, module.exports - what/why?
• path module, path.join(), __dirname

Express.js

• What is Express.js, what does it do, why do we use it
• What does const app = express(); do?
• Express - application object, request, respones, router objects; application object methods e.g. app.set(), get(), post(), use(), app.listen()
• basic url patterns e.g. app.use("/express") vs app.get("/express")
• Form handling e.g. urlencoded()
• request object properties/methods e.g. req.method, req.query, req.body
• response object properties/methods e.g. res.send()
• next parameter - what it's for, what next() does, why, etc.
• URL parameters - what they are, how we can get them in the request handler, etc.

Express MVC

• What MVC stands for, what each part means, why we use it, what is each part in a web app?
• templates, template engine e.g. EJS - the different EJS tags, render() function, etc.
• serving static files - how/why? static() middleware;

Sessions

(Check your materials to see if we had time to cover sessions this term).

• What is a session, how do sessions work? session id, cookies, etc.
• express-session, session(), etc
• session options and properties/methods
• Adding/retrieving session data in JS and EJS