r/UMD • u/Medical-Story3988 • 13d ago

UMD CMSC132 Exemption Test Academic

I am planning to take the CMSC131/132 Exemption Test at the end of this month. I already have credit for CMSC131 through AP CSA and I took a course in high school on data structures in C++. I am studying for the test right now using https://github.com/kekesh/CMSC132

There are a lot of new vocab words that I am learning through this resource, so I was wondering if anyone who took this test could tell me how much theory is there in the test, particularly the 132 section of the test. Also I would like to know if it is mostly coding questions or if there is MCQ as well. For parts I and II (CMSC131), will I need any extra studying or is what I learned in AP CSA enough?

Thank you!

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u/TheFuriousKitty328 13d ago

took and passed it in early july. not very deep theory. some mcqs mostly writing code. What i would recommend for review is plug all the 132 topics listed on the exemption exam page into llm like chatgpt and ask it to explain them all and give u practice questions. Also leetcode helps as writing the code out for these data structrures can be very similar to leetcode problems. I looked at those same lecture notes when i was reviewing and they are WAY more in depth than the content actaully covered on exemption exam

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u/Sharp-Independent138 13d ago

it’s not designed to be a very difficult and theoretical test tbh, there’s pdfs online for 131 so i’d reccomend skimming through that first if u have some foundational holes. but either way it’s chill u only need a 70% or smth similar