6.2: Problem Sets

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These problem sets seek to make the student think carefully about how to apply the concepts of the text to new problems. These problems are derived from examinations given over the years while teaching the material in this textbook. Many of the problems are multiple choice with several right answers. The reader should try to identify all right options.

Some significant and interesting system concepts that are not mentioned in the main text, and therefore at first read seem to be missing from the book, are actually to be found within the exercises and problem sets. Definitions and discussion of these concepts can be found in the text of the exercise or problem set in which they appear .

Some of these problem sets span the topics of several different chapters. A parenthetical note at the beginning of each set indicates the primary chapters that it involves. Following each exercise or problem set question is an identifier of the form "1978–3–14" This identifier reports the year, examination number, and problem number of the examination in which some version of that problem first appeared. For those problem sets not developed by one of the authors, a credit line appears in a footnote on the first page of the problem set.