Form and conduct of
examinations
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies
concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in
2017, by comparison with those examinations in 2016, are published below. Complete
details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or
Departments concerned.
Engineering Tripos,
2017
The Faculty Board of Engineering gives
notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2017, the form of the
examinations for certain papers of the Engineering Tripos will be changed as
follows:
Part
IIa
4D16. Construction
management
The examination
will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to
answer not more than three questions from a choice of
five.
3F1. Signals and
systems
This year’s examination paper
will contain questions on the z-transform, stability of discrete-time systems, digital
filtering, and stochastic processes. There will no longer be a question on information
theory. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
3F3. Statistical signal
processing
This paper was previously
known as Signal and pattern processing. This year’s examination paper will contain
questions on advanced probability theory, random process theory, optimal filtering, and
estimation. All other details of the examination remain
unchanged.
3F7. Information theory and
coding
The examination will consist of a
one-and-a-half-hour written examination. This year’s examination paper will contain
questions on information theory, data compression, and channel coding. A 3F7 data sheet
will be provided. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than three questions from
a choice of
four.
3F8. Inference
The
examination will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. This year’s
examination paper will contain questions on probabilistic models and inference
algorithms. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than three questions from a
choice of four.
Part
IIb
4A9. Molecular
thermodynamics
The
examination will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will
be asked to answer not more than three questions from a choice of
four.
4B22. Flexible
electronics
The examination will consist of
a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not more
than three questions from a choice of
four.
4C8. Vehicle
dynamics
This paper was previously known as
Applications of dynamics. This year’s examination paper will contain questions on
vehicle dynamics and vehicle vibration. All other details of the examination remain
unchanged.
4C15. MEMS
design
The examination will consist of a
one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not more
than three questions from a choice of
four.
4D16. Construction
management
The examination will consist
of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not
more than three questions from a choice of
five.
4F12. Computer
vision
This paper was previously known as
Computer vision and robotics. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
General note for Parts IIa and
IIb
All candidates for the papers
detailed above will be given ten minutes’ reading time before the examination begins.
All other parts of the examination remain
unchanged.
Full
details of the examination requirements, including the project, coursework, and
examination credit notices for each Part, can be found on the Department of
Engineering’s undergraduate teaching website:
http://teaching.eng.cam.ac.uk/.
Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery, Second Examination, 2017
The Faculty
Board of Clinical Medicine gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be
held in 2017, the form of the examination for the following paper for the Second M.B.
Examination will be changed as
follows:
Preparing for patients
Candidates will complete coursework by
submitting answers to three short exercises online, each exercise consisting of three or
four compulsory short answer questions. One exercise will be submitted before the first
GP visit, plus a further exercise after each of the first and second visits. Work will
be assessed formatively online and written feedback
provided.
All other papers remain
unchanged.
Examination in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
for the M.Phil. Degree,
2017
The
Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies gives notice that, with effect from
the examinations to be held in 2017, the form of examination for the following papers
for the examination in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for the degree of Master of
Philosophy will be as specified
below:
EA.1 Asia in
theory
This exercise will consist of an
extended essay of no more than 5,000 words in length, including footnotes, excluding
bibliography, for submission to the Degree Committee Office no later than 12 noon on the
fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
EA.5 Chinese literature and
modernity
This exercise will consist of
an extended essay of no more than 5,000 words in length, including footnotes, excluding
bibliography, for submission to the Degree Committee Office no later than 12 noon on the
fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
C4 The anthropology of
China
This exercise will consist of an
extended essay of no more than 5,000 words in length, including footnotes, excluding
bibliography, for submission to the Degree Committee Office no later than 12 noon on the
fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
C6 War and modern
China
This exercise will consist of an
extended essay of no more than 5,000 words in length, including footnotes, excluding
bibliography, for submission to the Degree Committee Office no later than 12 noon on the
fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
J1 Researcher development
seminar
This exercise will consist of
three essays each of no more than 1,600 words in length, including footnotes, excluding
bibliography. Drafts of the essays will be submitted in the Michaelmas and Lent Terms,
and the final versions will be submitted in Easter Term. Students will receive critical
feedback on the draft essays and on oral presentations. This will be unmarked. Marks
will be given on the final essays only, which will be submitted to the Degree Committee
Office no later than 12 noon on the fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
J19 Contemporary Japanese
society
This exercise will consist of an
extended essay of no more than 5,000 words in length, including footnotes, excluding
bibliography, for submission to the Degree Committee Office no later than 12 noon on the
fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
MJR1E Muslim–Jewish relations,
foundations
This exercise will consist
of an extended essay of no more than 5,000 words in length, including footnotes,
excluding bibliography, for submission to the Degree Committee Office no later than
12 noon on the fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
MJR2E Muslim–Jewish relations, special
topics
This exercise will consist of an
extended essay of no more than 5,000 words in length, including footnotes, excluding
bibliography, for submission to the Degree Committee Office no later than 12 noon on the
fourth day of the Full Easter Term of the year of
study.
MJR3 Cairo
Genizah
The three-hour examination consists
of four passages of translation (with commentary), with three texts treated in class and
one text unseen, all of which should be attempted. In addition, there is an essay
answering one question out of a choice of three set questions. The examination will take
place in the Easter Term in the year of
study.
