There is one set of exercises associated with each lecture (so you will typically have two sets of exercises to complete per week). A set of exercises consists of two or three drill questions, designed to ensure that you understand the basics. All readings refer to Algorithms, 4th edition by R. Sedgewick and K. Wayne unless otherwise specified.
More specific details about our policy with regards to these exercises are at the bottom of the web page.
All exercises that are currently available can be found on the quizzera site. Midterm Review, Reductions, and Final Review are not for credit. It is your choice on how much or little you do those exercises. Of course they are there because we think they do provide benefit.
Submission policy. You will submit exercises electronically in Quizzera. Be sure to format your answers as specified. The exercises are released each Thursday on Quizzera. Once you start an exercise question you have until the deadline to finish it. Quizzera will not remember any unfinished answers but it will remember what question you were working on if you need to log off and log back in later.
Lateness policy. Quizzera exercises are due at 11pm on the date specified. There is a 59-minute grace period. Late exercises will be allowed only with the recommendation of a Dean.
Grading policy. You may attempt most sets of exercises up to 3 times. We will record your best score. On each attempt, you will receive different (but related) questions. After each attempt, you will receive correct answers and explanations. When calculating your course grade, we will drop your lowest two exercise scores.
Collaboration policy. You must complete the specific exercise questions (that are randomly assigned to you in Quizzera) entirely on your own, with no outside help (other than the course materials). However, you are permitted to discuss specific exercise questions after you have submitted them (and you are permitted to attempt the set of exercises again). If you wish to do so on Piazza, please post the entire question, answer, and explanation, including the seed (which the course staff can use to uniquely identify the question).