One of the things that upsets me most about "Formal Education" is the fact that students are not allowed to see the mistakes they make on their exams (especially their final exams) much less have the opportunity to learn from those mistakes.  (Learning from mistakes is a central feature of my teaching philosophy).  As a alternative, I have devised a mechanism that allows me to give final exam feedback to students completing the course.  It is a "public final exam" represented by this Proficiency Evaluation.  This will evolve into the "best" final exam that I can write, i.e. I will place the best questions here rather than on the gradable final exam, because here they can help you learn, whereas on a gradable final, where secrecy and security are essential,  it can only "grade" your overall mastery of the course content.   Note that this evaluation, when combined with Proficiency Evaluations 1, 2, and 3, covers essential knowledge that passing COSC 120 requires (which is the prerequisite for COSC 330), i.e. these four proficiency evaluations, when combined, are the best, comprehensive "final exam" I can write.  Therefore, at the end of the course, you can retake these evaluations over and over until you make 100% on all 200 questions (without guessing!).  Thus, everyone can be guaranteed (as far as examination make this possible) that they have mastered the fundamentals and are therefore proficient in the course content.

To consider yourself proficient in knowledge and understanding of Cyberspace concepts, you should be able to answer all of the questions on the four Proficiency Evaluations. However, to go beyond proficiency, you should also be familiar with all the other answers that are associated with Cyberspace and be able to recognize the few answers that have noting to do with the subject.  (Since this evaluation is to provide you, individually, with information on your understanding of the subject, you should NOT prejudice your feedback.  Therefore, DO NOT GUESS on questions whose answers you do not know;  leave them unchecked; this will give you feedback on the questions you do think you know.  After you have completed the Evaluation, click on the link, "Check Evaluation", at the end of the questions.  You will get an immediate response informing you of the percentage of your answers that were correct.  You will also see the answers that were incorrect; questions that you left blank will be marked "undefined".  If you do not make 100% on this Evaluation, you should note your mistakes, study the Learning Modules to discover the origin of those mistakes, and retake the Evaluation -- do this until you receive 100%.   Remember, it is also important to realize that knowing (and understanding) the answers to these few question may be enough suggest  "proficiency", but it is not enough for "mastery"; for mastery you should (1) understand the other possible question answers (that are not the correct answer to the particular question) as well as (2) recognize those answers which are "nonsense answers", i.e. that have nothing to do with the course subject matter.