Course aim

Course Aim: This course provides students with the basic concepts of programming, and different data and control structures in programming. Students will develop skills to design, write, test and debug computer programs and progress on to intermediate level.

Purpose

The purpose of the assessment is to assess students' ability to create programs by applying operations on  variables  and  implementing  functions  and  control  structures  to  enable   modularity  while documenting the code using best practices and standards to achieve quality objectives.

Assessment Information

1.   This is an individual open-book assessment to be completed in an agreed environment which is worth 60% of your total weighting of the entire course.

2.   You have 3 weeks to complete this assessment from the release date.

3.   This is a resource-based assessment. This means that you may have access to any          relevant resources to assist you. This could include, for example, you’re learning            materials, information on the internet, and so on. However, all work must be your own with no help from any other person.

4.   To achieve a pass in this assessment you will need to score a minimum of 50% for the whole assessment.

Submission Instructions

You are required to ensure you have carried out the following before submitting your assessment:

•    Signed assignment coversheet

•    Assessments submitted online should use the following naming convention:

o Course Code_ Assessment Number_ Assessment Name_ Student Number_Document number

o For example, IT502_A1_Programming1 _1800XXXX_1

•    All answers must be written in your own words.

•    Proofread and spell check all written assessment work carefully.

•    DO NOT email your document to your tutor, it must be uploaded to the NZSE LMS

•    Upload a copy of the database file to the NZSE LMS

Plagiarism

•   All cases of plagiarism and/or cheating will be investigated and dealt with according to A08: Misconduct in Assessment Policy.

Learning Outcomes

This assessment is mapped to the following learning outcomes for this course:

GPO’s (this assessment is mapped to)

ASSESSMENT

[100 Marks]

Task 2: Factors of a number                                     (14 marks)

Using the C# Console Application, write a program that will accept a number and display all the factors of the number (all the numbers that can evenly divide a number).

For example, the factors of 10 are 1,2,5 and 10.

Note: A sample program output has been provided for your reference

Task 3: Array manipulation                                             (16 marks)

Using the C# Console Application, write a program implementing a loop that will prompt the user to enter 10 numbers and store them in an array.

Modify the values of the array to the value divided by the index of the array plus one (index +1) and print the new values.

For example, if the user enters 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20 and the new values of the array will be 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2.

Note: A sample program output has been provided for your reference

Task 4: GST Calculator                                        (14 marks)

Your client needs a simple application to Calculate the GST to be added and display the original value and the new value with GST added.

•   Initially client enters the Product name, Quantity and

•   Enter product cost, then select whether the GST must be added to it or that the cost has GST is already included.

•   Once the value  has  been entered, the application should  perform the calculation based on the user’s choice. GST 15% is charged for the product.

•   Adding GST to your prices (for example, $100 plus GST for a total of $115)

•  Taking GST off the price you receive (for example, $100 including GST, which is 3/23 of $100, or $13.04) - need to use formula as, product cost (included GST) multiply by

3 then divide by 23

Task 5: Grade Calculator Program                                                             (25 marks)

Using the C# Console Application, write a program that performs the following tasks:

a.   Ask the user to input marks for 4 subjects (Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science) out of a maximum of 100

b.   Use a function to calculate the average of the 4 marks and return it

c.   Use a function to find out the grade of the student using the average marks following the criteria listed below

•   Marks >= 80 – Grade A

•   Marks >=70 and < 80 – Grade B

•   Marks >=60 and <70 – Grade C

•   Marks>=50 and <60 – Grade D

•   Marks <50 – Grade F

d.   Using a switch statement, print remarks listed below based on the grade

•    Grade A – ‘Excellent! Your grade is A’

•    Grade B – ‘Good! Your grade is B’

•    Grade C – ‘Satisfactory. Your grade is C’

•    Grade D – ‘Pass. Your grade is D’

•    Grade F – ‘Fail. Your grade is F’

e.   Implement using

•    Object Oriented Programming – Classes and objects

•     Exceptions handling using Try-Catch.

•    GitHub repository – Pull, Push, and Sync

Task 6:                                                                                          (15 marks)

Usually, Software developers will adopt one of the many software development life cycle (SDLC) strategies, such as waterfall, spiral, iterative and Agile to name a few. Assume that you are a member of the new software development project and need to suggest Agile that best fits this  project. According to you what  is the working  principle  of Agile? What value  is provided by Agile? How Agile helps to build a quality product explain with a suitable example.