,UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2023
COS3751
TECHNIQUES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Welcome to the COS3751 exam.
Examiner name: Prof E van der Poel
Internal moderator name: Prof BL Tait
External moderator name: Dr ID Sanders
This paper consists of 9 pages ( excluding these front pages
)
Total marks: 100
Number of pages:
Instructions:
( insert instructions to students here )
• Include reference to additional information sheets if
applicable.
• Include a reminder about the Honesty Declaration. •
Include instruction on the platform and specific
submission tool.
• Indicate the type of invigilation tool used
• Include invigilation tools student instructions (IRIS or
Invigilator Cell phone Application), if applicable. (guidelines
will be distributed separately) Additional student
instructions
1. Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF
file (answer scripts must not be password protected or
uploaded as “read only” files)
,2. Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not
be considered.
3. NO emailed scripts will be accepted.
4. Students are advised to preview submissions (answer
scripts) to ensure legibility and that the correct answer
script file has been uploaded.
5. Incorrect answer scripts and/or submissions made on
unofficial examinations platforms (including the invigilator
cell phone application) will not be marked and no
opportunity will be granted for resubmission. Only the last
answer file uploaded within the stipulated submission
duration period will be marked.
6. Mark awarded for incomplete submission will be the
student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will
be granted.
7. Mark awarded for illegible scanned submission will be the
student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will
be granted.
8. Submissions will only be accepted from registered student
accounts.
9. Students who have not utilised the proctoring tool will be
deemed to have transgressed Unisa’s examination rules and
will have their marks withheld. If a student is found to have
been outside the proctoring tool for a total of 10 minutes
during their examination session, they will be considered to
have violated Unisa’s examination rules and their marks
will be withheld. For examinations which use the IRIS
invigilator system, IRIS must be recording throughout the
duration of the examination until the submission of the
examinations scripts.
10. Students have 48 hours from the date of their examination
to upload their invigilator results from
IRIS. Failure to do so will result in students deemed not
to have utilized the proctoring tools.
11. Students suspected of dishonest conduct during the
examinations will be subjected to disciplinary processes.
, Students may not communicate with any other person or
request assistance from any other person during their
examinations. Plagiarism is a violation of academic
integrity and students who plagiarise, copy from published
work or Artificial Intelligence Software (eg ChatGPT) or
online sources (eg course material), will be in violation of
the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student
Disciplinary Code and may be referred to a disciplinary
hearing. Unisa has a zero tolerance for plagiarism and/or
any other forms of academic dishonesty
12. Listening to audio (music) and making use of audio-to-text
software is strictly prohibited during your examination
session unless such usage of the software is related to a
student’s assistive device which has been so declared.
Failure to do so will be a transgression of Unisa’s
examination rules and the student's marks will be withheld
13. Students are provided 30 minutes to submit their answer
scripts after the official examination time. Students who
experience technical challenges should report the
challenges to the SCSC on 080 000 1870 or their College
exam support centres
(refer to the Get help during the examinations by contacting
the Student
Communication Service Centre [unisa.ac.za]) within 30
minutes. Queries received after 30 minutes of the official
examination duration time will not be responded to.
Submissions made after the official examination time will
be rejected according to the examination regulations and
will not be marked. Only communication received from
your myLife account will be considered.
14. Non-adherence to the processes for uploading examination
responses will not qualify the student for any special
concessions or future assessments.
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2023
COS3751
TECHNIQUES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Welcome to the COS3751 exam.
Examiner name: Prof E van der Poel
Internal moderator name: Prof BL Tait
External moderator name: Dr ID Sanders
This paper consists of 9 pages ( excluding these front pages
)
Total marks: 100
Number of pages:
Instructions:
( insert instructions to students here )
• Include reference to additional information sheets if
applicable.
• Include a reminder about the Honesty Declaration. •
Include instruction on the platform and specific
submission tool.
• Indicate the type of invigilation tool used
• Include invigilation tools student instructions (IRIS or
Invigilator Cell phone Application), if applicable. (guidelines
will be distributed separately) Additional student
instructions
1. Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF
file (answer scripts must not be password protected or
uploaded as “read only” files)
,2. Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not
be considered.
3. NO emailed scripts will be accepted.
4. Students are advised to preview submissions (answer
scripts) to ensure legibility and that the correct answer
script file has been uploaded.
5. Incorrect answer scripts and/or submissions made on
unofficial examinations platforms (including the invigilator
cell phone application) will not be marked and no
opportunity will be granted for resubmission. Only the last
answer file uploaded within the stipulated submission
duration period will be marked.
6. Mark awarded for incomplete submission will be the
student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will
be granted.
7. Mark awarded for illegible scanned submission will be the
student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will
be granted.
8. Submissions will only be accepted from registered student
accounts.
9. Students who have not utilised the proctoring tool will be
deemed to have transgressed Unisa’s examination rules and
will have their marks withheld. If a student is found to have
been outside the proctoring tool for a total of 10 minutes
during their examination session, they will be considered to
have violated Unisa’s examination rules and their marks
will be withheld. For examinations which use the IRIS
invigilator system, IRIS must be recording throughout the
duration of the examination until the submission of the
examinations scripts.
10. Students have 48 hours from the date of their examination
to upload their invigilator results from
IRIS. Failure to do so will result in students deemed not
to have utilized the proctoring tools.
11. Students suspected of dishonest conduct during the
examinations will be subjected to disciplinary processes.
, Students may not communicate with any other person or
request assistance from any other person during their
examinations. Plagiarism is a violation of academic
integrity and students who plagiarise, copy from published
work or Artificial Intelligence Software (eg ChatGPT) or
online sources (eg course material), will be in violation of
the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student
Disciplinary Code and may be referred to a disciplinary
hearing. Unisa has a zero tolerance for plagiarism and/or
any other forms of academic dishonesty
12. Listening to audio (music) and making use of audio-to-text
software is strictly prohibited during your examination
session unless such usage of the software is related to a
student’s assistive device which has been so declared.
Failure to do so will be a transgression of Unisa’s
examination rules and the student's marks will be withheld
13. Students are provided 30 minutes to submit their answer
scripts after the official examination time. Students who
experience technical challenges should report the
challenges to the SCSC on 080 000 1870 or their College
exam support centres
(refer to the Get help during the examinations by contacting
the Student
Communication Service Centre [unisa.ac.za]) within 30
minutes. Queries received after 30 minutes of the official
examination duration time will not be responded to.
Submissions made after the official examination time will
be rejected according to the examination regulations and
will not be marked. Only communication received from
your myLife account will be considered.
14. Non-adherence to the processes for uploading examination
responses will not qualify the student for any special
concessions or future assessments.
