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%%% DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS (DSA): EXAM ORGANIZATION & RULES
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%%% SOME FACULTY REGULATIONS (FOR ALL EXAMS, NOT ONLY FOR DSA)
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[This is an informal extract from the faculty regulations, as they
have been verbally exposed to the teacher. See the full text of the
regulations for clarifications or a more precise description, or ask
the secretary offices. ]

* There will be three sessions of the exam, in accordance
  with the official calendar: 
  - june/july, 
  - september,
  - january/february. 
  No extra exam session can be held outside the three officiall dates,
  neither in public nor in private form.
  
* If a students fails the exam, he/she can repeat it next session.

* If a student gets a sufficient vote on a script, it will be permanently
  registered after two weeks in his/her career. 

* If a student does not pass the exam within the three sessions,
  he/she will have to rely on next-year's course organization. 

* Only students who have regularly registered to the exam-session list 
  will be admitted to te exam. 

* If a students registers for the exam session and he/she does not
  show up at the exam without un-registering, then he/she will not be
  admitted to the next session, he will be admitted to the next-next
  session (if any). 

* To be admitted at the exam, each student is mandatorily supposed to
  present a valid Identification Document (Passport, Carta
  d'Identita', student's card ...) with NAME, SURNAME and
  PHOTOGRAPH. No student is admitted to the exam without such an I.D.


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* The exam is script only. No oral part will be taken (even upon request).

* The exam consists in a script session, divided into two parts:
  P1. a script test consisting in a list of multiple-answer questions. 
  P2. a script test consisting in questions requiring some degree of
      verbosity (theoretical questions, exercises, pseudo-code, 
      simple java programs,...).
  To this extent:
  - P1 performs a pre-selection. IF ONE STUDENT DOES NOT PASS THE P1
    PART, HE/SHE FAILS THE EXAM, REGARDLESS HIS/HER P2 PART (his/her
    P2 manuscript will not be corrected and evaluated.)
  - The final vote is a weighted combination of the votes of P1 and P2. 

* If a students fails the exam, in next sessions(s) he/she must repeat
  *both* P1 and P2.

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No external factor or circumstance will be considered to raise the
vote of an evaluation, to make exceptions to the failure criteria
above, or to provide extra exam sessions. E.g., this includes (but is
not limited to) the following potential circumstances for the student:
  - high number of previous attempts,
  - advanced matriculation year,
  - sickness, 
  - work constraints,
  - family difficulties,
  - economical difficulties,
  - possible loss of grants, 
  - possible loss of "stay permit" ("permesso di soggiorno")
  - already-scheduled flights or traveling,  
  - military status,
  - natural/political calamities in the student's country,
  - ...

We understand that this may look insensitive wrt. possible problems of
the student. Nevertheless, we enforce the principle that the exam is
an evaluation of the status of the student's knowledge, and no
other factor or circumstance can influence its outcome. 

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* During the script exam, no student is allowed to leave the room
  unless he/she returns permanently his/her manuscript. 

* The student can bring to the exam only pens, pencils and
  handwriting/erasing devices (plus something to drink). No
  paper. (Plain white paper is provided by the examiners.)

* During the script exam, it is not possible to consult or look at any
  source of information, including (but not limited to):
  - books/photocopies/printouts/handwritten texts etc.
  - PCs/phones/electronic devices in general
  - the manuscript test of other students
  - other students
  Any unauthorized attempt, by the examiners' indisputable
  interpretation, will cause the end and failure of the exam.

* During the script exam it is allowed to ask questions to the
  examiners only, and only if they refer to the interpretation of the
  questions.

* The text of the answers returned by the student must be clear,
  understandable and unambiguous. The handwriting must be
  readable. Ambiguities, lack of clearness and understandability
  affect negatively the evaluation of the answers. The examiners'
  interpretation of the handwritten text is indisputable.