For the Systems exam, some posted sample questions present code in C, and ask for code in their answers. Do the answers have to be in C, or would Java or pseudo-code be acceptable?
Answers in Java or a C-like procedural pseudo-code will be acceptable, provided that the student indicates enough understanding of the problem being asked. Because the goal of the questions is to assess more fundamental understanding, minor syntactic errors will not be penalized. However, because the language of systems programming is C, students must have sufficient knowledge of C to understand C code presented on the exam.
