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Subject: Re: Questions on test guideline 
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:08:26 -0700
From: william@bourbon.usc.edu

Someone wrote:

  > I have more questions on test guideline.
  >             
  > 1.       In (B)(1)(c), it says,
  >  
  > search filename=f1.wav
  >                  should get several responses, find a copy of the
  >                  file that is cached, let's call this x, then type:
  > 
  >   (+1 points)
  >   get [x]
  >  
  > How can we know which search response corresponds to a 'cached' copy?
  > I am also not sure why we only need to get a file from a cached copy. 

You are correct.  I've changed it in a similar fashion as before.

  > 2.       In the 'Minus points' section, it says,
  >  
  > if did not use O(n) algorithm for deserialization : -3 points
  >  
  > What does this mean?

This was an old requirement!  It is deleted now.

Thanks for catching these!
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Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>