KS quiz 1

KS Quiz 1 (with the question content on a different page)

This is a mock webpage for the KS quiz. The real KS Quiz 1 is conducted on 27.01.2025 with the support of a separate dedicated Canvas room for the partial exam Quiz 1 / KS1.  You MUST register for KS in advance through a dedicated portal (examination). This cannot be arranged by the examiner.

Before the exam

Before your exam begins read through the instructions from the examiner. 

Please bring also pen and paper to take notes - it may be helpful (mobile devices, phones laptops will not be allowed except a simple hand calculator, which is not really needed anyway).

When the examination begins the material for the exam will be available over at Assignments (Uppgifter).

Important: Read instructions from the examiner carefully as only submissions following the instructions will be graded.

The design of the exam

This is the first graded quiz in the course and accounts for the material covered in lectures L2-L3 (single- and multi-layer perceptrons, generalisation and regularisation including Bayesian regularisation).

The quiz consists of a single Code of Conduct/Hederskodex question and the proper set comprising the remaining 8 questions. You should first respond to the Code of Conduct quiz to confirm that you have read and agreed to comply with the Code of Conduct. Then you can proceed to the KS Quiz.

The overall partial examination (KS) takes place kl.9-11 on Jan 27, 2025 in dedicated labs, XQ23, Malvinas väg, XW343, Teknikringen, XW344, Teknikringen. Please follow the room assignment proposed here:

• Funka students start in computer lab XQ23, Malvinas väg at 9am (9:00-10:00)
• PhD students (FDD3437) start in computer lab XQ23, Malvinas väg at 10am (10:15-11:00)
• Other students (DD2437, not funka) start in computer labs XW343 and XW344 at 9am or 10am according to the given alphabetical split
  • students with their surnames starting from the letter in the interval, A-G, please start in XW343 at 9am (9:15-10:00)
  • students with their surnames starting from the letter in the interval, H-O, please start in XW343 at 10am (10:15-11:00)
  • students with their surnames starting from the letter in the interval, P-S, please start in XW344 at 9am (9:15-10:00)
  • students with their surnames starting from the letter in the interval, T-Z, please start in XW344 at 10am (10:15-11:00)

You have 45 minutes to complete the quiz and submit it (9:00-9:45 or 10:15-11:00; Funka students have 60 mins). Bear in mind that within the given 45 minutes you can make two attempts (change your answers even if the quiz has already been submitted; however answers in your first attempt are not automatically transferred to another attempt and you start from scratch). Funka students will be offered extra 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

The quiz is a mixture of different types of questions (most questions have multiple possible answers where an incorrect answer is penalized; still the final score for each question is always greater or equal to zero). In particular:

• free-text (essay) type questions: manual grading
• multiple-answer questions: each correct choice is awarded a certain fraction of max score and each incorrect choice subtracts the same fraction, no choice is neutral; overall, the minimum number of points per the entire question is 0 as there are no negative scores
• true/false (drop-down menu) questions: each correct option is awarded a proportional fraction of the max score intended for the question.

Since there may be a question that requires hand calculations (even if you are requested just to type in your answer in the quiz) please bring a pen and paper for taking notes. You can also bring a simple hand calculator (but not a mobile phone). Using any other sources is considered as a breach of the Code of Conduct (no notes are allowed).

In order to pass the quiz you need to score at least 11 out of max 16 points available in 8 questions (Code of Conduct question does not belong to the pool of 8 graded questions).

For any concerns during the quiz please refer to the person supervising the quiz (TA or a teacher).

Importantly, make sure that you positively answer the Code of Conduct / Hederskodex question to make a formal statement about complying with the Code of Conduct. Without confirming that you obey the code your quiz will not be subject to assessment (it implies failed partial exam/KS). 

This is an individual assignment and any attempt to seek help from someone else or even discuss the ongoing quiz with someone else, it is considered as a serious breach of the code of conduct. 

After the exam

Once the exam has been graded you will find your results in a list over at Grades.

Contact

Pawel Herman (email: paherman AT kth.se)