Midterm Exam, Fall 2026: Questions Explained
AI Assisted Software Development
About this site
This site explains the questions on the Fall 2026 midterm exam of AI Assisted Software Development.
What is here
- The exams: the three versions of the exam (A, B and C), as they were given.
- Answers for all three versions: the correct answer to every question in each version, and where to find each question in the other versions.
- Version A, explained: all 45 questions of Version A, on one page. For each question you see:
- the question and all its answer choices. The correct answer is in larger bold text;
- under each choice, in smaller italic text, why that choice is correct or wrong;
- a short Background section that explains the material behind the question;
- links to the places in the course material that explain the answer.
The three versions have the same questions
The three versions have the same 45 questions and the same answer choices. Only the order is different: the order of the questions, and the order of the choices in each question. So the explanations for Version A cover every version. The letter of a choice can be different in your version, but the text of the choice is the same.
The test papers do not show the version letter. Find your version by question 1:
- Version A: “The task app is written with Next.js, which is a framework. What is a framework?”
- Version B: “What does it mean to distill an AI model?”
- Version C: “You have step-by-step instructions, plus a small program, for turning your sales spreadsheet into a weekly report. …”
Then use Answers for all three versions to find each of your questions in Version A.
How the exam was graded
- Each student skipped 3 of the 43 multiple-choice questions.
- The other 40 questions are worth 2.5 points each, 100 points in all.
- The matching questions (44 and 45) were not graded: everyone was told to skip them. They are explained here so that you can learn the material.
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