ECE265: Midterm Exam 1
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- for date/time/location information refer to course outline and/or
  Brightspace site (as appropriate)

- 50 minutes

- closed book

- no calculators

- formula sheet provided as part of exam paper (do not bring your own copy)
- not all information on formula sheet is necessarily needed for exam

- material covered:
    - Unit 1 (Signals and Systems Basics)
        - Appendix A (Complex Analysis)
        - Chapter 1 (Introduction)
        - Chapter 2 (Preliminaries)
        - Chapter 3 (CT Signals and Systems)
        - Chapter 8 (DT Signals and Systems)
    - first part of Unit 2 (LTI Systems), up to the end of the material
      covered by Assignment 3A:
        - first part of Chapter 4 (CT LTI Systems), up to but not including
          Section 4.5 (Characterizing LTI Systems and Convolution)
        - first part of Chapter 9 (DT LTI Systems), up to but not including
          Section 9.5 (Characterizing LTI Systems and Convolution)
    - some MATLAB coverage, as specified in study guide
    - some textbook content within the above chapters/appendices was not
      covered in lectures and is excluded, as specified in study guide

- carefully read "Advice on Exams" document on course website
  for detailed guidance on various aspects of exam preparation

- when answering each exam question:
    - must show all work
        - to allow for part marks to be given
        - to allow distinction to be made between well-reasoned answer and
          guessed answer
    - must present answer in way that marker can understand clearly
    - any symbols or variables introduced should be clearly defined
      unless meaning would be obvious to marker from context
    - important to follow instructions for exam question; for example:
        - may be asked to explain steps
        - may be required to use (or not use) specific method
        - may be required to present answer in particular way
    - unless explicitly indicated otherwise, point form should be adequate
      for commentary as long as sufficiently clear
- failure to adhere to above can result in significant mark penalty
  or even zero marks being awarded

- draft copy of formula sheet will be posted on course website (prior
  to exam)

- exam study guide summarizes materials covered in more detail

- exam study guide will be posted on course website

- preparing for exam:
    - IMPORTANT: compare submitted assignment solutions to posted solution sets
      (see "Advice on Exams" for more details)
    - textbook end-of-chapter/appendix problems with answer key
    - worked-through examples from lectures (see Lecture Examples document)
    - old assignment problems
    - skipped textbook examples
    - extra problems from tutorials
    - some extra practice problems can also be found through links listed
      under the "Extra Practice Problems" heading in the "Miscellany"
      section of course website