EoCE

Presented within will be various questions evaluating your knowledge and experience gained this semester. In places where you are able, the more you write and explain topics the better the chance you will have of receiving full credit (and alternatively, the more credit you will receive should something defer correctness).

Unless otherwise specified, the questions on this experience are open resource with the exception of other individuals. In that respect, it is CLOSED PERSON. This means you are not to communicate with other people (either in the class or otherwise), in real life or electronically. Use your own knowledge, use your own skills, and use your own ability to access the allowed resources to aid you in coming up with your well thought out responses to each question.

You are allowed, and expected, to seek clarification on any question by asking any of the tutors or me. But the aim here is to evaluate what you have learned, so do not expect tutoring. Any help should be prompted by a well-asked question. Any reply (if possible) from a tutor, should also be in the form of a question.

You are to do all items. Submission is to be as follows:

• an organized and easy to read presentation of information on your EoCE wiki page.
• if applicable, a supplemental archive submitted using the submit tool (likely via Makefile)

The EoCE is worth 26 points of your overall grade (projects + participation + journal + eoce = 104), representing a distinct fourth category within the grading policy of the course (Projects, Journal, Participation, and EoCE).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: You have until 05:29:59pm (that's 17:29:59 in 24-hour time) Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 to complete your EoCE(s). This is the ultimate deadline for any and all coursework. There is no “late”, only “too late”. Don't be that person, not with this.

While some classes are allocated a specific meeting time during finals week, I make all such times available should you be free and have questions. As such, finals week in CHM123 will look something like this:

• Monday, May 13th, 2019: from 02:30pm - 05:30pm
• Tuesday, May 14th, 2019: from 08:00am - 05:30pm

Good luck!

Various activities undertaken this semester revolved around the administration of resources.

• Identify four things you discovered that you previously were unaware of with respect to Linux (in particular) or Operating Systems (in general).
• What did you find particularly insightful or profound about what you discovered?

Throughout our explorations, we immersed ourselves into aspects of System Administration.

• Identify a neat aspect of System Administration you found conceptually fascinating.
• By itself, what would seem challenging about System Administration?
• What added resource(s) could alleviate those perceived challenges?

Making the transition from a casual user to the role of developer and/or systems administrator/engineer/architect is an important one which opens the mind to many new possibilities. Imagine yourself a year, or even a semester, ago, and reflect on your current awareness in the realms of computing.

Answer me the following:

• You're now more an expert than you were back then. What are you an expert at?
• What is amazing to you that you would never have thought you'd realize?
• The better you get at something, the more you realize there is to learn. What are some things you realize you need to learn more about?
• Self-proclaimed experts that preach they know it all never do. Admitting our weaknesses enables us to grow. What are some of your knowledge “holes”, why do you think you have them, and what steps might you undertake to fill them in?

After an exciting and intellectually challenging run, we're arriving at the end of this semester's journey. The course as we all experienced it, unfolds in a manner pertaining in part to how you respond to concepts and topics (do we need more time, can I crank it up a couple notches, etc.) so each semester and each class is entirely different from any other- because of each of you, and all of us, working together and learning together.

So, searching deep down within your soul- balancing reason with emotion, and considering attendance and timeliness; answer me the following:

• What grade do you feel you deserve for this course?
• Why do you feel you deserve this mark? (Justify your answer based on your own perceived performance, not on need.)
• How did you feel about the course?
• Was it useful/interesting to you?
• What was your least favorite aspect, and why?
• What was something meaningful to you with respect to the course? Why does this stick out in your mind?
• Any other comments or suggestions?

All responses to questions, unless specifically indicated otherwise, should be addressed on this document (or the intended wiki document).

Please edit the appropriate section and provide the necessary information.