18-213/18-613 Computer Systems : Exams

• All exams are closed book, closed notes.
• No cheat/note sheet is permitted. We'll provide any necessary reference mterial.
• You may also use blank scratch paper, but you are not permitted to use a calculator or any other electronic aid.
• There will be questions similar to previous exams, questions that will test your understanding of the lab material, and new types of questions.
• Note:Since F25, the midterm exam is no longer take home (thank AI). It has reverted to being in class and counting 15%. The good news is, the final exam is no longer cumulative.
• Note: Practice exams prior to 2014 use the IA32 architecture. All present and future exams will solely use the x86-64 architecture. A detailed comparison between the two architectures can be found on the CSAPP website under the ASM:IA32 heading.

Midterm Exam (and older Exam 1 and Exam 2)

• You are responsible for everything in Chapters 1-3 and Chapters 6-12 in your textbook. You can expect questions on topics such as, but not limited to, floating point, assembly, stacks, caches, VM address translation, process control, Unix I/O, concurrency, and synchronization.
• To study, read each chapter and work in study groups to review slides, review your own notes, work the practice problems in the book, and do problems from previous exams.

Exam 1:

• Spring 2025 (model solution)
• Fall 2023 (model solution)
• Spring 2023 (model solution)
• Fall 2022 (model solution)
• Spring 2022 (model solution)
• Fall 2021 (model solution)
• Fall 2012 (model solution)
• Fall 2011 (model solution)
• Spring 2011 v1 v2 (model solution v1) (model solution v2)
• Fall 2010 (model solution)
• Spring 2010 (model solution)
• Fall 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Fall 2008 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2008 (model solution)
• Spring 2007 (model solution)
• Fall 2006 (model solution)
• Spring 2006 (model solution)
• Fall 2005 (model solution)
• Spring 2005 (model solution)
• Fall 2004 (model solution)
• Spring 2004 (model solution)
• Fall 2003 (model solution)
• Spring 2003 (model solution)
• Fall 2002 (model solution)
• Spring 2002 (model solution)
• Fall 2001 (model solution)

Exam 2:

• Spring 2011 v1 v2 (model solution v1) (model solution v2)
• Fall 2010 (model solution)
• Fall 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2009 v1 (model solution v1)
• Fall 2008 v1 (model solution v1)
• Spring 2008 (model solution)
• Spring 2007 (model solution)
• Fall 2006 (model solution)
• Spring 2006 (model solution)
• Fall 2005 (model solution)
• Spring 2005 (model solution)
• Fall 2004 (model solution)
• Spring 2004 (model solution)
• Fall 2003 (model solution)
• Spring 2003 (model solution)
• Spring 2003 (model solution)
• Fall 2002 (model solution)
• Spring 2002 (model solution)
• Fall 2001 (model solution)

Final Exam - During the University exam time

• You are responsible for everything in Chapters 1-3 and Chapters 6-12 in your textbook. You can expect questions on topics such as, but not limited to, floating point, assembly, stacks, caches, VM address translation, process control, Unix I/O, concurrency, and synchronization.
• To study, read each chapter and work in study groups to review slides, review your own notes, work the practice problems in the book, and do problems from previous exams.

• Spring 2025 (model solution)
• Fall 2024 (model solution)
• Spring 2024 (model solution)
• Fall 2023 (model solution)
• Spring 2023 (model solution)
• Fall 2022 (model solution)
• Spring 2022 (model solution)
• Spring 2022 Makeup (model solution)
• Fall 2021 A Version (model solution)
• Fall 2021 B Version (model solution)
• Fall 2021 C Version (model solution)
• Fall 2012 (model solution)
• Fall 2011 (model solution)
• Spring 2011 (model solution)
• Fall 2010 (model solution)
• Fall 2009 (model solution)
• Spring 2009 (model solution)
• Spring 2008 (model solution)
• Fall 2007 (model solution)
• Spring 2007 (model solution)
• Fall 2006 (model solution)
• Spring 2006 (model solution)
• Fall 2005 (model solution)
• Spring 2005 (model solution)
• Fall 2004 (model solution)
• Spring 2004 (model solution)
• Fall 2003 (model solution)
• Fall 2002 (model solution)
• Spring 2002 (model solution)
• Fall 2001 (model solution)