When I skimmed through the paper as soon as I received it, I said
to myself
"Attempt the examinable portions FIRST and then relax
and have fun answering the non-examinable parts with a pinch of
humour." And I did just that.
It was very unprofessional of the INF460 department to give a
paper like this to students. Some students could have wasted
precious time answering or concentrating on non-examinable parts
and hence not having time to concentrate on the examinable parts.
This could impact on the the way students answered the examinable
parts. For example what if a student wasted a lot of time on
Question 6 (non-examinable) and as a consequence didn't have
enough time to complete Question 7 or did Question 7 in a
haphazard manner under limited time?
Even though I answered the non-examinable parts, I doubt they'll
mark it.
@jxharding and Niri - did the Prof say anything about which questions will not be marked etc?