DM26, Fall 2005 - Weekly Note 14

There will be a spørgetime (session with possibilities for asking questions on the curriculum) before the oral exam. It takes place Monday, January 2 at 12:15 in room U46.

The exam takes place January 4, 5, and 6 in Imadas seminar room. The lists with the examination sequences are now placed at the billboard outside Imada.

The examination is a 30 minutes oral exam with no preparation time. I.e. you draw a question, look for 10 seconds at any notes you may have made for yourself, put these notes aside, and then you're off. You may use the blackboard only (no pre-made transparencies). You should present what you believe are the most important issues under the heading of your question during the first 15 minutes or so. Aim for central issues and precision in exposition, and not necessaryly detailed coverage of everything. Towards the end, the examination normally has transformed from a talk to a conversation. In this phase, you will also be asked about things in areas outside your question. The examination will take around 25 minutes (the last minutes censor and examiner will use for grading).

Here are the questions (ps, pdf) and curriculum (ps, pdf) for the exam.

Lecture December 21

More on concurrency control. Durability (very briefly). Discussion of oral exam.

Reading

Ramakrishnan and Gehrke: Rest of chapters 16 and 17, except Section 17.6. Chapter 18.

Note: Durability was only very briefly covered, and you are not required to read Chapter 18 as thoroughly as the rest of the curriculum. The topic is not one of the questions you can draw at the examination, but we may pass the subject during conversation at the end of the examination, where you are expected to know the general idea.