Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:56:23 -0600
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From: "Yale N. Patt" <patt@ece.utexas.edu>
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To: a.deshmukh@utexas.edu, mohammadbehnia@utexas.edu, chestercai@utexas.edu
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Subject: Re: CA Exam 1 topic
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A student writes:
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> Dear Dr. Patt,
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> This is ************* from EE 460N class. Can you tell what are topics in the
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> exam 1 for next Wednesday? I saw we have branch prediction and advanced
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> memory questions in the past exam, are we gonna cover those topics before
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> the exam 1? Please advise, thank you so much!
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> Sincerely,
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> &lt&lt name withheld to protect the student who wants to study what's on the exam &gt&gt
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We still have one more lecture this week.  My intent re: the exam is to make
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Everything we cover up to the end of this week fair game to be on the midterm.
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Stuff we cover next Monday will not be on the exam.
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As to last year's exam, I don't cover exactly the same material in the same
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way at the same time each time I teach 460N.  If I did, I would simply 
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do it once, videotape it, and let students watch the videos from then on.
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So, although looking at previous exams is helpful, the exam each time I teach
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reflect what was covered in class before the exam.
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Good luck with the exam.
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Yale Patt
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