The University of the South Pacific
School of Computing, Information & Mathematical Sciences
CS111: Introduction to Computing Science
Assignment 1
Learning Outcome:
1. Define the basic functional components of a computer system, operation and interconnection (3%)
2. Apply programming concepts to computing problems (7%)
Weight: 10%
Due Date: 15th March, 2019.
Part 1: Programming – Fiji Immigration Visa Assessor Program
1.1 Problem Statement
Design and implement a C++ program that asks user for their:
A. Name (First & Surname);
B. Gender (M/F);
C. Age;
D. Employment Status;
E. Salary (if employed) , Marital Status,
F. Citizenship.
G. Type of Visa applied for
H. Duration of Visa
And then decide the outcome of the visa application (Granted or not granted). The decision of
the visa granting process is described below.
1.2 Program Specifications:
1. Prompt the user to enter the required information, A-H above
2. All input should be validated wherever necessary. For instance, the input for age has to
be only in integers.
3. Calculate the annual income and the associated tax and display in a presentable
manner in dollars.
1.3 Visa Grant Process
The granting of visa is depend on various parameters. Firstly, we need to figure out the type of
visa applied for. In this scenario, there are four different types of Visa that any person can apply
for, Student Visa, Tourist Visa, Business Visa and Permanent Residency Visa. The user of the
program should be able to apply for any one of these visas however, there are different
requirements for each type of visa.
Note: A visa application is only required if the applicant not a Fiji citizen.
| Visa Type Visa Conditions | |
| Student Visa | 1. The applicant must be below the age of 45 and above the age of 18 years old 2. The duration of the visa cannot exceed 36 months |
| Tourist Visa | 1. The applicant must be employed. 2. Applicants Salary has to be more than 20,000 FJD 3. The duration of the Visa should be less than 3 months |
| Business Visa | 1. The applicant must be employed 2. Applicants Salary has to be more than 20,000 FJD 3. The duration of the Visa should be less than 1 months |
| Permanent Residence Visa | 1. The applicant must be employed 2. Applicants Salary has to be more than 40,000 FJD if the user is single. For married applicants, they salary should be more than 80,000FJD |
Your program should be able to ask the user for the various inputs and make a decision on the
grant of Visa. Successful applicants are notified with a successful Visa Grant Message.
Unsuccessful applicants must be given the reason as to why their Visa application was denied
along with a Unsuccessful Visa Grant Message.
Note:
| | In all your program constructs you must write comments where necessary. Don’t write comments for obvious code, but segments of code which seem complex. Also include your name, student id# and tutorial group as comments at the top of your program code. No need to use functions as it has not been yet covered in the course. All input should be validated wherever necessary. For instance, the input for age has to be only in integers. |
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Partial Credit:
Even if your program does not work perfectly, you will receive partial credit for each part you get
to work. For example, if your program compiles but gives incorrect results, you can still receive
a mark provided that your code is well-written.
Part 2: Report
Write a report that will answer the questions given in Section 2.1 and Section 2.2.
Your report should include a cover page with the relevant information such as course details.
You must include your name and student id number on the cover sheet.
Both these questions should be answered in the same report. You do not need to create two
separate reports for the two questions.
2.1 Hardware and software fundamentals (10 Marks)
The functioning of modern computers are extremely complex. The speeds at which modern
computers work are exemplary. However, the fundamentals behind the running of these
machines are simple.
Using the above statement as reference, briefly describe how a modern computer functions.
You must discuss the major components needed in the functioning of these marvelous
machines.
Please answer in less than 300 words.
2.2 Societal Issues/Legal issues/Privacy (10 Marks)
As the programmer of the Fiji Immigration Visa Accessor Program, you have the opportunity to
make a program that will allow all of your friends to be granted any type of Visa they apply for.
Would this be ethical to do? Would this be in line with the ACS Code of Ethics and with basic
Programming Ethics? Explain.
Please answer in less than 300 words
Part 3: Assignment Rules and Submission Instruction
3.1 Assignment Workload.
This is an individual assignment. You are expected to work on your assignment alone however,
you are welcome to discuss your ideas with your colleagues and tutors.
3.2 Submit before the Deadline
You have to submit your work before the deadline 15th March 2019, 11:55pm. Lab computers
are scarce, so the trick is to start EARLY. Also when you finish don’t hold on to your assignment
till the last moment. Submit as soon as you are satisfied with it.
3.2.1 Submitting late:
If you think that you will not be able to submit the assignment on time due to circumstances
which are beyond your control, then you will need to seek approval from the course coordinator
prior to the due date.
This means you have to ask for an extension, explaining the reasons, before the deadline, and
not after. A late submission will be penalized by 20% for each 24 hour period it is late. Where
possible, it is better to hand in your work early and get credit for partial work than handing in
late. A partial work may earn more points than a working assignment which is submitted late.
3.3 Submission
You will have to submit exactly two files on Moodle.
1. A write-up answering the questions in Section 2.1 and 2.2
2. A program for Section 1.
3.3.1 Program
Be sure you submit .cpp files only. Name your program file as Assign1_YourIdNumber.cpp,
where YourIdNumber is your student id number (e.g. Assign1_S01234561.cpp).
Do not submit the .exe executable versions of your program. Also be sure that you submit the
assignment only once you are totally satisfied. We will not accept “corrected versions” submitted
through other channels after the due date. However, you can submit the assignment as many
times as you like on Moodle before the due date!
3.3.2 Write-up
Your write-up will have to be written in English. Try to keep your answers short and clear.
Excessively verbose answers will be penalized.
Upload your write-up as a single document. The preferred format is a PDF file. Word documents
are good for editing, but you should export or save the final version as PDF. This is the format
for reading.
3.4 Plagiarism
For this and other work in CS111, it is essential that you avoid plagiarism. Not only do you
expose yourself to possibly serious disciplinary consequences, but you will also cheat yourself
of a proper understanding of the concepts emphasized in the project. You will almost certainly
fail the short tests and/or the final which will test your understanding of the project. It is not
plagiarism to discuss the assignment with your friends and consider solutions to the problems
together. However, it is plagiarism for you to copy all or part of each other’s programs. If you
find somebody has stolen your assignment and produced it as their own, it will be considered
plagiarism. We are using automated tools to assist with the detection of plagiarism.
They will highlight any unusual code that is similar between students. All cases that are flagged
as potential plagiarism will be checked by hand. So do not leave your flash drives around. Be
careful with them. And make sure you log out of the lab machines when you are finished
working with them. Don’t copy part of someone solutions, and do not give somebody else an
electronic copy of your solution. If you give someone your program it is almost guaranteed that
part of it will end up in their program, no matter whether you ask them not to copy.
Any student posting code for this project on Moodle will be considered to be committing
plagiarism. Do not submit your code to any discussion group or mail it to anyone except the
lecturers or tutors.
Do not be concerned if Moodle tells you that a file cannot be checked by TurnItIn for plagiarism.
This will be your program file. We will check programs separately once submitted.
3.5 Support
If you have a problem with the assignment, with C++, Dev C++, the exercises, and questions in
this assignment, lecture notes, the book, please ask. First use the forum for your questions. This
will also help other students with the same questions. Then ask your tutor for help, or otherwise
the course coordinator.
If you have any problems with the assignment or the course, feel free to email, visit or call the
course coordinator.
All contact information is on Moodle.
Marking Guideline
| CBOK | Unsatisfactory (U) | Satisfactory (S) | Good (G) | Marks Allocated |
| A. Programming | programming practices such as commenting, indentation etc. III. computer program produces correct output | I. All satisfactory and demonstrate very good programming skills. | 20 | |
| B. Hardware and software fundamentals | I. Not able to list all components of computer architecture II. Not able to identify all types of operating system and application software | I. Able to list some components of computer architecture II. Able to identify some types of operating system and application software | I. Able to list all components of computer architecture II. Able to identify all types of operating system and application software III. Able to describe the functional components of the computer system | 10 |
| C. Societal Issues | for and how an intellectual property should be used | I. Can list down most of the major key areas in the discipline where privacy can be applied II. Can account most of the major legal issues for and how an intellectual property should be used | I. Can list down all major key areas in the discipline where privacy can be applied II. Can account all major legal issues for and how an intellectual property should be used | 10 |
| Total | 40 |
I. Code has compile/run/logic
errors.
II. Poorly written code.
I. Able to write a simple
code for a well-defined
problem
II. Use of basic standard
I. Unable to list down the key
areas in the discipline where
privacy can be applied
II. unable account legal issues
Program Marking Rubric
| Exceptional Acceptable Amateur Unsatisfactory CBOK | |||||
| Documentation (3 Marks) | The code is well documented. Comment describes the main components, variables, functions. Comments are used to describe the structure. The comments are up to date. The comments are relevant, and make sense to someone unfamiliar with the code (3 Marks) | Comments describe most components, variables and functions. Some comments might be dated; most comment may make sense to someone unfamiliar with code (2 Marks) | There is visible attempt to comment all components and functions. However, some comments might be outdated, or only relevant to someone familiar with the code (1 Marks) | There are no comments, or poor comment; out – dated, irrelevant, or cryptic (0 Marks) | A.S.II A.U.II |
| Programming Style (6 Marks) | The code uses layout to convey the structure of the program clearly. Different components are easily recognized. Name are by themselves meaningful if they refer to the specific problem and generic if they refer to part of the code that is reusable. The code adheres to the given coding guideline. All output is spelt correctly with a proper layout. (6 Marks) | The layout of the program makes it possible to identify the structure of the program. Names are meaningful in the context of the problem. The code adheres to general good coding practices, and the output is spelled correctly with only minor glitches in layout (4 Marks) | The layout of the program makes it possible to identify the structure of the program with some effort. Names make sense to a person familiar with the problem. The code makes adheres to some good practices, but ignores others. Some minor spelling mistakes, or mistakes in layout (2 Marks) | The layout of the program is coincidental, and makes it difficult to identify the structure of the program. Names are cryptic. No discernible effort was made to adhere to common coding practices. The output contains spelling mistakes, and does not make an effort to ensure proper formatting (0 Marks) | A.S.II A.G.I |
| Semantics (6 Marks) | The program uses the programming construct correctly and competently. The program does avoid programming short cuts, and does not abuse syntax. There are no superfluous statements or conditions, no dead code, no unused variables, no uninitialized variables, no potential division by zero or other run-time error (6 Marks) | The program uses most constructs correctly and as intended, and is only sometimes overly complicated. It may contain a few minor semantic errors, such as dead code, or unused variables, but nothing that would cause a run-time error (4 Marks) | The program works most of the times correctly given some implicit assumptions about its use. The program uses constructs differently from their intended use. There may be a few run time errors that manifest themselves for unusual input or for certain compilers (2 Marks) | The program has several minor run time errors, like use of uninitialized variables, or one or more fatal run time errors. It uses programming constructs with no regard for their semantics or intended use (0 Marks) | A.S.II A.G.I |
| Functional Correctness (5 Marks) | The program satisfies all requirements and produces the correct behavior for all possible legal input. It handles incorrect input and responds adequately (5 Marks) | The program satisfies the requirements almost completely, and produces the correct answer for all obvious legal input. It handles all incorrect Input without fatal failures (3.5 Marks) | The program satisfies the core requirements. Some requirements might not be addressed. It produces the correct output for obvious legal input ( 2 Marks) | The program does not satisfy core requirements. It is easy to find examples where the program computes the wrong result. The program does fail for unexpected input (0 Marks) | A.S.III A.U.I |
Assessments mapping with CBOK
| Core Body of Knowledge | CS111 | Assign1 | Assign2 | Assign3 | Test 1 | Test 2 |
| ICT Professional Knowledge | Ethics | B | ||||
| Professional expectations | ||||||
| Teamwork concepts/issues | B | |||||
| Communication | ||||||
| Societal Issues/Legal issues/Privacy | B | ✔ | ||||
| Understanding the ICT profession | ||||||
| ICT Problem Solving: | Abstraction | B | ||||
| Design | ||||||
| Technology Resources | Hardware and Software Fundamentals | B | ✔ | |||
| Data and Information Management | ||||||
| Networking | ||||||
| Technology Building | Human Factors | B | ||||
| Programming | B | ✔ | ||||
| Systems Development / Acquisition | ||||||
| ICT Management | IT Governance and organizational issues | |||||
| IT Project management | ||||||
| Service management | ||||||
| Security management |