My favorite exams (as a ugrad for classics, and in grad school to advance to candidacy in CS) were in person, hand written, open book. We had lots of time, and

My favorite exams (as a ugrad for classics, and in grad school to advance to candidacy in CS) were in person, hand written, open book. We had lots of time, and a fair idea of the range of questions. It rewards actuality mastering the material vs memorizing it. For the CS exam some people brought more books than they could physically carry, I don’t think it helped them much.