Provider:
Study.com
Course:
Computer Science 303: Database Management
Course content:
The usual SDC. 12 chapters with 3-12 lessons where each lesson is presented in reading (some are text only) and video format. Each lesson had a quiz at the end that asked 5 questions about the lesson. There are 70 quizzes in all. Each chapter also had a practice quiz of about 20-30 questions that was taken from the quiz pool. Quizzes count toward 1/3rd of the grade. There is a programming assignment counting for the next 1/3rd that I haven't started yet. And the final counts towards the remaining 1/3rd of the grade.
Final exam format:
70 questions, multiple choice (choose the correct answer out of the 4-5 choices offered) for the final proctored exam.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams:
There didn't seem to be any verbatim repeat questions from the quizzes or practice tests, but there were some repeats from the CS107 final that I took yesterday. There were about 10 scenario type questions I wasn't expecting, but they were not hard. It felt like they wrote different questions for the combination of the lessons in CS303 rather than relying on the same question bank as CS107. However, the questions in general had the same feel as the quizzes and practice tests so those are worth studying as part of your review.
Time taken on course:
I just finished the CS107 final yesterday so started CS303 because there was a huge overlap between the two DB courses. I came in with a whopping 57 out of 70 quizzes done for CS303 before I even started the course. I spent 2 hours on the remaining quizzes and another 2 hours taking the practice tests and reviewing them and spent about an hour on the proctored final itself. This was all done in a day. There is a programming project that I haven't started yet, but it doesn't seem like it would take me too much time to get through.
Familiarity with subject before course:
High. I currently work as a software developer and have experience working on backend stuff w/ Postgres and MySql. I am pretty certain I would have passed (at least 70%) if I wanted to go into the final exam blind. I actually scored better on this one than I did on CS107.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know:
If you are at or close to my level of familiarity, you can get by just doing all the quizzes, the chapter practice tests, and studying those questions and answers and you will pass. If you are not familiar, then I urge you to actually practice writing SQL on SQLZoo, a similar site, or set up your own DB to practice with.
1-10 Difficulty level:
2-3 Easy. I can see this being challenging for someone new to databases.
Study.com
Course:
Computer Science 303: Database Management
Course content:
The usual SDC. 12 chapters with 3-12 lessons where each lesson is presented in reading (some are text only) and video format. Each lesson had a quiz at the end that asked 5 questions about the lesson. There are 70 quizzes in all. Each chapter also had a practice quiz of about 20-30 questions that was taken from the quiz pool. Quizzes count toward 1/3rd of the grade. There is a programming assignment counting for the next 1/3rd that I haven't started yet. And the final counts towards the remaining 1/3rd of the grade.
Final exam format:
70 questions, multiple choice (choose the correct answer out of the 4-5 choices offered) for the final proctored exam.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams:
There didn't seem to be any verbatim repeat questions from the quizzes or practice tests, but there were some repeats from the CS107 final that I took yesterday. There were about 10 scenario type questions I wasn't expecting, but they were not hard. It felt like they wrote different questions for the combination of the lessons in CS303 rather than relying on the same question bank as CS107. However, the questions in general had the same feel as the quizzes and practice tests so those are worth studying as part of your review.
Time taken on course:
I just finished the CS107 final yesterday so started CS303 because there was a huge overlap between the two DB courses. I came in with a whopping 57 out of 70 quizzes done for CS303 before I even started the course. I spent 2 hours on the remaining quizzes and another 2 hours taking the practice tests and reviewing them and spent about an hour on the proctored final itself. This was all done in a day. There is a programming project that I haven't started yet, but it doesn't seem like it would take me too much time to get through.
Familiarity with subject before course:
High. I currently work as a software developer and have experience working on backend stuff w/ Postgres and MySql. I am pretty certain I would have passed (at least 70%) if I wanted to go into the final exam blind. I actually scored better on this one than I did on CS107.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know:
If you are at or close to my level of familiarity, you can get by just doing all the quizzes, the chapter practice tests, and studying those questions and answers and you will pass. If you are not familiar, then I urge you to actually practice writing SQL on SQLZoo, a similar site, or set up your own DB to practice with.
1-10 Difficulty level:
2-3 Easy. I can see this being challenging for someone new to databases.
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