Final examination and CSC Diploma
Will take place Thursday 29th of
August, in the two exercise rooms
An
optional examination is organized at the end of the school and formal
certificates of proficiency are delivered by CERN in case of success.
This may be used by some students also engaged in university curricula
for obtaining credits.
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Please note the following regarding
confidentiality of the results.
CERN builds up over years the list of
participants having obtained the CSC Diploma (i.e. successfully passed the CSC examination
and attended the entire scientific programme).
Therefore, the list of successful
candidates will become public information. |
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By registering you accept that: |
Your name, your rank and your individual mark
be published by CERN on the web or via other means, in the
case you are one of the best students having succeeded in
the examination, together with the personal picture and
biographical information you provided at the time you registered
to the school.
The number of best students being publicly distinguished will be
decided by the examination jury. |
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Your name be published by CERN on the web or via other
means, in the case you succeed in the examination,
together with the personal picture and biographical information
you provided at the time you registered to the school. |
Detailed Instructions
to be posted later
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Diploma
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The participants who
succeed in the examination and have attuned the entire scientific
programme will receive the CERN School of
Computing Diploma
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Registration
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You must register for the
Examination through the
Electronic Registration Form.
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Examination
data |
For
the examination only, you will get, when registering, one
information you should remember: your Group Number (1st group
or 2nd group)
Remember that brain has some kind of fuzzy logic when memorizing
sequences like these, so please write it
down :-) |
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Form of the Examination |
The examination is computer-based, in the form of
multiple-choice
questions.
Each question has 4 proposed choices,
only one being valid. |
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Practical
Organization |
The examination is organized in two rounds,
with half of the registered candidates each time.
Examination
rules:
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Strictly Individual
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No document, No Internet, No
home directory, No electronic devices…
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No communication between students
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Examination results |
The examination committee will analyze the results, and decide upon
the pass / no-pass threshold.
The results of the examination will be
available in the evening of the examination day.
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Marks |
In case you give a wrong answer to
a question, THERE IS NO NEGATIVE POINT
Your total mark is simply the
number of questions to which you provided a correct answer |
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CSC Diploma |
The students having successfully passed the examination and
followed the entire programme will
receive the CSC diploma. It will be handed over at the
closing session.
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ECTS Credits |
In addition to the CSC diploma, the students having
successfully passed the examination will receive a certificate
of 5 European Credits (ECTS).
The certificates will be handed over at the closing session.
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