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CMPR 141: UNIX/Linux Operating System (ticket 1714101)

2007 Spring Semester

Homework #1 Instructions

There are 12 questions in this homework assignment. This assignment is due next class Wednesday Feb 21, 2007 but may be turned in as late as Wednesday March 14, 2007 for full credit. Prepare your answers to these questions on a piece of scratch paper. I will show you in class next week how to input and submit your answers for credit. I will also show you how to determine which of your answers are correct and incorrect and how to submit corrections in order to get a better score for this homework.

Course Overview

This material on the Course Overview will not be covered on quizzes or exams.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #1

Every student in this class should have received a copy of the 
course overview.
You can also read this overview on the class web site. Note
that the sections of the overview are numbered sequentially.

What section of the overview discusses installing software on a home
computer, stating that this is purely optional and totally at your
risk?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #2

What section of the overview gives the penalties for cheating
(which includes turning in someone else's work as your own)?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #3

What section of the overview gives quiz and exam dates, deadlines for
filing Credit/No Credit or withdrawing from the class, and any
school holidays when class will not meet (if any).
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #4

The overview covers how you will be graded in this course.
What percent of your overall course grade is based on your
in-class Final Exam result?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #5

The overview encourages you to send email to the instructor if you
have any problems or questions (even small questions), esp. since he 
does not have an office on campus.
What is the instructor's email address?
(Enter all lower-case.)

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #6

What one section of the overview describes all of the following:
   Number of questions in a quiz or exam.
   Which quizes and exams are open-book, open-note?
   Which quizes and exams are take-home or in-class?
   What is the penalty to make-up an in-class exam?
   How can you avoid the penalty for a make-up exam?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #7

How many course points do you need to get an "A" for your grade
for this class?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #8

What percent of your overall course grade is based on your attendance?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.

Reference on Names of Punctuation Symbols

 This material on Punctuation will not be covered on quizzes or exams.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #9

On the class web site is a section of Class Reference Material.
In that section is a guide to punctuation symbols and their names.

What does the circumflex character look like? i.e. input a
circumflex as your answer to this question.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #10

To type your answer to this question,
do the following:

Enter the word: hello
enclosed in braces,
i.e. put an open brace before hello and a closing brace afterward.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #11

What is the (main) name of the character on the next line

&

Reference on Abbreviations

 This material on Abbreviations will not be covered on quizzes or exams.

Web Assignment 1 -- Question #12

On the class web site is a section of Class Reference Material.
In that section is a guide to abbreviations commonly used by
this instructor.

What abbreviation does the instructor of this class use to indicate 
a contrast and/or an opposite meaning?