Mid-term Exam Guide

General Info

  • Exam Time: Wed October 17th @ 12:00-1:20 PM
  • Location: Posner Hall - Mellon Auditorium

Please contact the instructor as soon as possible if you need special accomodations.

What To Bring

  1. MANDATORY: Your CMU ID
  2. A calculator is recommended (e.g., logarithms)
  3. A one letter-size page of handwritten notes. You may use both sides.

No additionals aids are allowed (i.e., no books, no slides, no laptops; no cell/wifi connections)

Material to be Examined

    From the textbook Database System Concepts (6th Edition):
    • Chapters 1-3
    • Chapters 5-8
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapters 11.1-11.4, 11.6-11.7
    • Chapters 17
    • Chapter 15.10
    All the corresponding slides (01-introduction.pdf - 12-joins.pdf, inclusive)

    Practice Exam

    You must be on campus or use the CMU VPN to download the practice exam.

    The exam questions will be similar to the exercises in the textbook and to the homework exercises. See the solutions to the practice exercises of the textbook.