How to study for the final
The final will cover all lecture and exercise-session material, with an emphasis on the topics covered after the midterm.
Here is a possible priority list for organizing your preparation:
- If you did not follow lectures 7 (network layer), 8 (network layer, continued), and 10 (link layer), watch the corresponding pre-recorded lectures now. If you did, then review them (= go through the slides, flag the ones whose content you don't remember clearly, and watch the corresponding videos).
- Do the basic questions from exercise sessions 9 and 11. The final always has a problem that involves IP prefix allocation + some end-systems exchange messages and you are asked to list the resulting packets (including ARP requests etc).
- Do:
final 2020, Problem 2, Questions 1 and 2;
final 2019, Problem 2, Questions 1 to 5. - Review lectures 5 (transport layer) and 6 (tcp).
- Do:
final 2020, Problem 3, Question 1;
final 2019, Problem 4, Question 1. - If you did not follow lecture 9 (security), watch the corresponding pre-recorded lecture now. If you did follow it, then review it.
- Do the basic questions from exercise session 10.
- Review lectures 1 to 4.
- Do:
final 2020, Problem 1;
final 2019, Problem 1. - Quickly review exercise sessions 6 and 8.
- Do the intermediate questions from exercise sessions 9 and 11.
- Do:
final 2020, Problem 2, Question 3;
final 2019, Problem 2, Question 6. - Do:
- final 2020, Problem 3, Questions 2 and 3;
final 2019, Problem 4, Question 3. - Do the intermediate questions from exercise session 10.
- Do:
final 2020, Problem 3, Question 4;
final 2019, Problem 3 (all of it). - Do the advanced questions from exercise sessions 9, 10, and 11.
- Do final 2021 from beginning to end.
Comments and questions (on Discord or Moodle) always welcome.
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