Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025. Time: 7:15PM-9:15PM (CDT, USA)

What to bring: iCard. Pencil. You can use a simple/scientific/graphing calculator during the exam. You can also use a handwritten cheat sheet on A4 paper (both sides). The cheat sheet should be turned in along with the exam. No printed cheat sheet will be allowed.
Combined Exam: The Midterm 1 will be conducted in person in ECEB. Check the scheduling system called PrairieTest, at: https://www.prairietest.org, to see the seating arrangement of your exam. PrairieTest will be available on 09/19/2025.
Conflict Exam Schedule: Tuesday, 09/23/2025, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm. Conflict Exam Request Deadline: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, by 5:00 PM. If you have a conflict with our exam schedule, you should make a conflict request by filling out the form (link). Your conflict request status will be posted on the PrairieTest on 09/19/2025.
DRES Accommodation: Please contact your access specialist and schedule your Exam with DRES (link)

Summary of Student Instructions

Please see the following protocols that you must follow during the exam:

Check your seating assignments at https://us.prairietest.com/. Due to the limited capacity of the exam rooms, you will NOT be allowed to take the exam in a room that you are not assigned to.
Please bring your ID card during the Exam. Without your ID card/(verified photo ID, in case you lost your ID card), you will not be allowed to take the exam. Arrive 10 minutes before the exam starts. We will start checking 10 minutes before the exam.
We recommend not using the restroom during the Exam. In case you do need to use the restroom, you must turn in your ID card and Exam paper to the proctors and fill out the check-in and check-out forms. You will be escorted to the restroom by our TAs.
We will alert you five minutes before the exam ends. You must stop writing and turn in your Exam after "Stop Writing" is announced. Otherwise, your exam will not be graded.
Please be seated, keeping one empty seat between you and the next person on both sides.
Absolutely no interactions between the students are allowed during the exam.
You may use a calculator (graphing/scientific/simple) during the exam. You are also allowed to use a handwritten cheat sheet, paper size A4, on both sides (only English!). The cheat sheets should be turned in with the exam.

Content of Exam

Midterm 1 will cover the course material from Lecture 1 through Lecture 8, including relevant discussions, homework, and labs.

For a list of specific terminology and topics, see the Lumetta course notes 1.6: Summary of Part 1.

Practice Exams: (The exam format will be similar to the previous paper-based exams attached below)

Fall 2012 midterm 1 (no solution)
Spring 2013 midterm 1 (solution). Ignore Problem 3.
Fall 2013 midterm 1 (solution). Ignore Problem 3.
Spring 2016 midterm 1 (no solution)
Fall 2016 midterm 1 (solution).
Fall 2024 midterm1 (solution)

We discourage you from simply looking at the solutions without having tried the exams under test conditions because research shows that students who check their answers too quickly tend to perform worse during the actual exam.

UA Review Session for ECE120- MT1 (Hosted by ECE120 Course Staff):

Time/Room: 7:00 PM Friday, 9/19 ECEB 1002
Slides: ECE120 - Midterm 1 Review
Annotated Slides: Midterm 1 Review Session.pdf
Recording: https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_p0xk0kgi

Mock Test: You can take a mock test on priarielearn. The mock test (link) window will remain open until 7:00 PM, 9/23/2025.