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The exam consists of a written test followed by an optional oral discussion. The written test is in two parts, both lasting roughly an hour. In the first part, 5 complete circuit problems are usually proposed, to check the student's ability to solve complex problems. To obtain a full score in this part it is sufficient to complete 4 of the 5 problems. The second part usually consists of 10 simpler questions whose aim is to check the student's knowledge of the main theoretical aspects of the course. These questions may range from very simple exercises to open- or closed-answer quizzes. Both parts are scored on a maximum of 100 points, but in each part the maximum theoretical result is 120/100.
The result is computed by first scaling linearly the two results over a 0-30 scale, then performing a weighted sum of the two results. The weights are normally 0.5 and 0.5, but might get slightly modified at times, for all students in the same amount, always to pursue a better result. Finally, a piecewise function is applied to the result, which always produces an increased result, and establishes a minimum threshold which might even be less than 18/30 and produces the proposed final proposed score (or a rejection). A student with a rejection judgment must repeat the exam. In case of a positive proposed score the student may decide to keep it and register it as the final result, or he/she might ask for an additional oral discussion in the following days, consisting of a single question which could modify the score up to a maximum of + or - 4 points. In special cases, we may mandate that the student take the oral discussion, by not publishing neither a rejection nor a positive proposed score. In these cases, the final score will be an exact average of the results of the written and oral part.