Unit 2
Schedule and Timetable Matching
About this unit
Read complex timetables and match people, activities, or events to available slots. You will cross-reference preferences, availabilities, and constraints to find the single valid option that satisfies every condition simultaneously.
What types of questions will you face?
- 1Given a timetable and a person's preferences/dislikes, identify which days they will or won't attend
- 2Select the one activity a student can attend given a required schedule and exclusions
- 3Cross-reference multiple schedules to find the only day all constraints are met
- 4Determine the earliest or latest slot that fits all given requirements
- 5Identify which event/option satisfies a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria
Skills you will build
- Reading multi-column timetable tables accurately
- Applying inclusion and exclusion rules simultaneously
- Using elimination to narrow down valid options
- Tracking multiple people's constraints at once
- Handling "only attend if at least one liked option is available" style conditions
By the end of this unit, you will be able to
- Navigate any complex timetable and pinpoint the valid slot instantly
- Apply multiple simultaneous constraints to identify the unique solution
- Quickly eliminate options that violate any single rule
- Find the intersection of multiple schedules under real-world constraints
Difficulty profile
Questions are Very Easy to Easy. Success depends on careful table-reading and systematic elimination rather than advanced reasoning.
Exam tip: Schedule and Timetable Matching
Go column by column (or day by day) and mark each slot as valid or invalid. The answer is the only slot left standing after all constraints are applied.
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