Examlet 11 Rubrics

Big-O and other Asymptotic Claims (4 points)

Correct (2) Wrong or unclear (0)
Yes/No Answer The answer is correct. The answer is wrong or not clearly stated.
Correct (2) Buggy (1) Missing or very wrong (0)
Explanation (If answer true) Explanation is completely correct and clearly supports answer.

(If answer false) Provides a correct counterexample and justification.

(If answer true) Explanation not rigorous enough or only gives an example.

(If answer false) Counterexample given but not explained or a general argument given.

Missing, simply restates the claim, or way too long.

Recursion Tree: work at leaves (6 points)

Read the prompt carefully. 3 points will be deducted if you answer this prompt with the work at level k.

Correct (2) Buggy (1) Missing or wrong (0)
Height of tree Correct E.g. no adjustment when base case is not 1. Missing or wrong.
Correct (2) Missing or wrong (0)
Number of Leaves Correct given what you said the height was. E.g. uses wrong formula or wrong branching factor.
Correct (2) Buggy (1) Missing or wrong (0)
Total work at leaves Work at a single leaf correctly combined with number of leaves. Adds up work for a more extensive list of nodes (e.g. whole tree) but includes enough details that we can easily extract the work at just the leaves. Wrong value for the work at each leaf, incorrectly combined with number of leaves, etc. Reports number of leaves as final answer.

Recursion Tree: work at interior level (6 points)

Read the prompt carefully. 3 points will be deducted if you answer this prompt with the work at the leaves.

Correct (2) Missing or wrong (0)
Number of nodes at level k The answer is correct. Missing or wrong
Correct (2) Missing or wrong (0)
Work at each node Correct Incorrect
Correct (2) Buggy (1) Missing or wrong (0)
Total work at level k Number of nodes correctly combined with value at each node. Adds up work for a more extensive list of nodes (e.g. whole tree) but includes enough details that we can easily extract the work for a specific level k. Missing or incorrectly combined. Intermediate result (e.g. number of nodes or work at each node) reported as final answer.