D60135-B - TEORIA DEI SISTEMI MOD. I

The exam consists of a written final written test and an oral exam, to which you will only be admitted if you have achieved at least a certain minimum score in the written exam. Passing the written intermediate examinations exempts you from the written final written test.

Passing the written test only entitles you to take part in the oral examination in the same examination session.

Written examination

The written examination may cover the following topics:

Stability analysis (modeling, block diagram algebra, application of the Routh or Nyquist criterion) (10 points);

Drawing Bode diagrams (10 points);

Calculating the analytical response of a system or qualitative response representation (10 points).

The written examination will assess the student’s critical thinking skills in addressing the key topics covered in the course. It will last a maximum of two hours and thirty minutes. Students may use books, manuals, and non-programmable calculators.

Oral Examination

The oral examination will consist of a discussion of the course topics. The assessment criteria include:

The student's ability to reason logically;

The ability to communicate the acquired knowledge in an appropriate scientific language;

The ability to explain theoretical concepts underlying the different types of exercises in the written exam.

Grading criteria

The final grade is awarded on the basis of the following criteria:

30 - 30 with honors Excellent The student: demonstrates comprehensive and detailed knowledge of the subject, knows the relevant content, uses correct terminology, identifies and explains the main concepts, and integrates personal insights into their summary; demonstrates an excellent understanding of the subject, clearly distinguishes between main and supporting ideas, frames key points, reinforces arguments with references to supplementary material or individual insights, and develops interdisciplinary connections; demonstrates a well-established ability to apply knowledge and analyze results; presents the subject matter in a clear and structured manner, with organized, logical, mature, and concise discourse.

28 - 29 Excellent The student: demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the subject, knows the relevant content, uses correct terminology, identifies and explains most main concepts; shows a solid understanding of the subject, identifies most key points, though does not always distinguish well between main and less important topics, discusses topics with references to supplementary material or individual insights; demonstrates excellent ability to apply knowledge and analyze results; presents the subject matter in a clear and articulate manner, with organized, logical, mature, and essential discourse, though it may contain some inaccuracies.

25 - 27 Good The student: demonstrates extensive knowledge of the subject, knows but does not fully explain the relevant content, uses terminology but not always accurately, identifies key concepts but does not fully or accurately explain them; demonstrates adequate understanding of the subject, distinguishes important key points but does not fully frame them; demonstrates good ability to apply knowledge; expresses themselves clearly but not always completely, with schematic organization and sometimes fragmented and repetitive thoughts.

22 - 24 Fair The student: demonstrates acceptable knowledge of the subject, knows most content but has gaps, shows some confusion in important but not essential concepts; demonstrates a basic understanding of the subject, does not always frame all topics or sometimes does so inaccurately; demonstrates reasonable ability to apply fundamental concepts; presents correctly but without a completely clear and coherent structure, including some irrelevant material at certain points.

18 - 21 Sufficient The student: demonstrates limited knowledge of the subject, knows the most relevant content but shows numerous gaps, identifies most key concepts but does not fully or accurately illustrate them; demonstrates a basic understanding of the subject, has difficulty distinguishing key points and does not always frame them correctly due to incompleteness or inaccuracy; shows uncertainty in applying fundamental concepts; presents in an unclear and confused manner, uses disorganized language, with fragmented and repetitive thoughts, and does not always use terminology accurately.

Insufficient The student: demonstrates poor and fragmented knowledge of the subject, does not know the essential content, shows extensive gaps, and does not identify key concepts; shows serious errors in understanding, does not answer many questions or solve many problems, makes errors in applying fundamental concepts; does not achieve an acceptable level of articulation of thought related to the subject.