It is clear that if I study for an exam in 2014, then it should be okay to look at previous exams from the previous semester of 2014, exams from 2013, 2012, etc.
First question: Is it wrong, however, to look at previous exams within the same semester?
Example:
Let's say there are two classes (9:30-10:30 MWF and 12-1:30 TTh) for a subject (S101). Say I am in the TTh class and I have a friend in the MWF class. My friend takes the S101 exam on Monday. I am to take the S101 exam on Tuesday.
Is it wrong for my friend and I to discuss the S101 exam after e takes the S101 exam and before I take the S101 exam?
Here is what I am thinking:
It should NOT be wrong because the S101 exam on Tuesday should be different from the S101 exam on Monday since professors should expect that students will discuss it among themselves. If the professor makes identical exams, then this is unfair to the MWF class who do not have as much information as the TTh class who easily obtain information from the ones in the MWF class who tell them.
See possibly related question.
Second question:
Some of my friends say it is cheating while others do not. Our "Code of Academic Integrity" handbook makes no mention of such behavior or perhaps I misread it.
If the CoAI in fact fails to mention it while doing such is wrong, can students be faulted for doing such?
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