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Written exam, duration 90 minutes. Allowed aids: non-programmable pocket calculator. The exam requires comprehension questions and calculation-based tasks on fundamentals of superconductivity, material properties, conductor and magnet concepts, cryogenic operating conditions, as well as the coupled electromagnetic/thermal/mechanical behavior. Also assessed are identification of performance limits, quench phenomena, degradation mechanisms and the application of simplified analytical/engineering models.