The CS 61B Course Bundle — original practice exams & exam DNA
The workload weeder — where CS majors are made.
Java, data structures, and projects that eat weekends — managed.
Course Bundle — the full rehearsal system
Exam DNA, mock exams, sprint, protocol, and the recall deck — everything for this course in one checkout.
Exam DNA
The course's real question patterns, decoded.
Mock Exam
Real format, rubric-style solution key.
Sprint
Day-by-day plan keyed to the term calendar.
AI Protocol
Use AI tutors without trusting unverified answers.
Recall Deck
170 original cards · 10 topics · Anki-importable + printable.
Why this course hurts
CS 61B doesn't lack effort. It lacks a system.
- Asymptotic analysis feels like vibes until someone teaches you the decision rules.
- Big projects land mid-semester with brutal hidden test cases.
- Graph algorithms blur together: BFS, Dijkstra, MSTs — and their runtimes.
- The final covers everything, and old midterm material never goes away.
What's in the Course Bundle
Five products. Each one earns points.
Exam DNA Report
The archetype map for 61B exams: asymptotics, hashing, trees and heaps, graphs (BFS, Dijkstra, MSTs), and sorts — the recurring question shapes and where the points concentrate.
Mock Exam Pack
Two original full-length mocks in the 61B written format — multi-part questions with runtime analysis, trace-and-fix, and design prompts — plus worked solutions and partial-credit keys.
14-Day Exam Sprint
A day-by-day plan engineered to survive project weeks: one structure or algorithm drilled per day, ending in timed full mocks.
AI Study Protocol
AI prompting patterns for data-structure practice — and the verification drills that catch AI's confidently wrong complexity claims.
Recall Deck
170 cards: operation costs, invariants, and decision checks across the 10 topic clusters. Anki-importable and printable.
The trap list
What actually sinks CS 61B students
- 1
Confusing worst-case, average, and amortized costs when comparing structures.
- 2
Project-grind mode: three weeks with no review, then pre-midterm panic.
- 3
Memorizing sorts by name instead of by invariant.
- 4
Skipping heap and hash proofs — they return as the tricky multiple-choice questions.
Look inside
A spread from the Exam DNA
Every Exam DNA follows this layout: the recall schedule you'll run, the high-yield concepts explained as decision rules, the traps called out before they cost you points, and practice designed to be done from memory.
Page shown from the CS 61A Exam DNA — all twelve courses use the same format.
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The CS 61B Recall Deck
- 170 original cards across 10 topic clusters — concepts, decision rules, and worked-question prompts.
- Anki-importable TXT/CSV files + a printable PDF version for paper reviewers.
- Built for spaced repetition — card order and tags follow the sprint's recall plan.
- 3-minute import guide included (Anki and Quizlet).
CS 61B FAQ
Is this specific to how the course is actually taught?
The DNA report covers the course's stable core — the exam archetypes, the point economy, the decision rules. For professor-specific details it routes you to the course's own public materials (mapped in the Free Stack section of your DNA Report), and the Sprint adapts in minutes.
Which products do I actually need?
The DNA report tells you what the exam asks; the mock pack makes you rehearse it; the deck makes it permanent. Most students take the Course Bundle — all five products are $56 separately, and the bundle is $39 — the whole course for the price of the Mock Exam Pack plus $20.
How do I import the deck?
Any flashcard app that imports text (Anki, Quizlet). Each deck ships as Anki-importable TXT/CSV plus a printable PDF, with a 3-minute import guide included.
What if it doesn't help?
14-day refund, no questions asked. We'd rather refund you than keep a dollar that didn't earn itself.
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