Quiz 1 will, not surprisingly, look a little bit different this year than in previous years. But quite a few things remain the same. Below are some details about the quiz, with notes about how these plans differ from normal years.
- The quiz will be "open book." That means you can use any printed or written materials that you think might be useful. You can also use a laptop or tablet to view, e.g., PDF versions of the papers and notes. Calculators are allowed, though typically not necessary. All of these things are always true about 6.033 quizzes.
- You may not use the Internet for help with the quiz. I.e., you cannot Google for the answers. You may also not collaborate with any of your peers. These things are also always true about 6.033 quizzes.
- You will take the quiz online, using Gradescope. Gradescope has a feature where we can build assignments directly into its interface (we've never used this before, because it wasn't available to us until now). You do not need to print anything out, etc. We have added a fake quiz assignment to Gradescope, so you can get used to its interface; please take a look at that before the real quiz begins.
- We will write a quiz that can be completed in under two hours, as normal (in fact, this quiz will probably be shorter than normal, because a week's worth of material was canceled). However, we will give you 24 hours in which to take it. Our intent is for that timeframe to account for all of the different timezones you're in, and the fact that you have different levels of Internet access.
- If you have questions during the exam, we will allow you to post private questions on Piazza. The course staff will be available during much of the quiz (we'll post a schedule early next week) to answer these questions. If there is no staff member online when you ask your question, you will be able to save your quiz progress and come back to it once the staff is back online.
- If you are concerned about your ability to access Gradescope for an extended period of time, we will release a PDF of the quiz that you can fill out and email back to us. If you are concerned about your ability to access the Internet at all, get in touch with Katrina (lacurts@mit.edu) so that she can develop an alternative.
Quiz 1 will cover all of the material up to and including Recitation 11. Because the style of the quiz will not change from previous years, these practice exams should still be helpful. Note that there is some content on these exams that we did not cover this semester.