The examination is typically taken by fourth-year honours students in their final semester. The examination may only be administered to honours students who have registered for CS498 for the current semester. Ordinarily, CS498 is concurrently or after CS499-002, i.e., the second honours seminar course. Students taking a Math-CS double honours will ordinarily take CS498 concurrently or after CS499-001, their only CS honours seminar course.