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y +1/1/60+ y Politecnico di Milano — School of Industrial and Information Engineering Data Mining and Text Mining First Midterm April 21 2017 First and Last Name: ................................................ Student ID (Codice Persona) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Insert you student id using the above matrix. One digit on every column from left to right. • Answers must be clearly written inside the problem box. All the answers must be ade- quately motivated. • Pencils are not allowed. The midterm consists of 4 sheets of paper. It must be returned with all the sheets. No any other sheet can be added. No sheet can be removed. • This is a closed-book/closed-notes exam. • Only non-programmable calculators are allowed. • Notes/books/mobile phones are not allowed. • If you are caught using forbidden material, the exam will immediately end and an RP grade will be recorded; then, all your next exams will consist of an oral examination from then on. • Scoring – A problem left unsolved will amount to zero points. – A completely wrong solution will amount to -3 points y y y +1/2/59+ y Problem 0. This set of questions is designed to check your knowledge of the course rules. Answering correctly less than four questions will result in a penalty of -2 on the final score. Question 1 What are the rules for the course project? It is mandatory for UIC students but optional for everybody. It is worth up to 5 points. It is optional for everybody. It is worth up to 5 points. It is optional for everybody. It assigns between 5 and 19 points. The actual amount of assigned points depends on how the results compare with respect to the other teams. It is mandatory…