Description

Practical Examination 1
Time allowed: 2 hours
Instructions (please read carefully):

1. This is an open-book exam. You are allowed to bring in any course or reference materials in printed form. No electronic media or storage devices are allowed.
2. This practical exam consists of two questions. The time allowed for solving this test is 2 hours.
3. The maximum score of this test is 20 marks. Note that the number of marks awarded for each question IS NOT correlated with the difficulty of the question.
4. You are advised to attempt all questions. Even if you cannot solve a question correctly, you are likely to get some partial credit for a credible attempt.
5. While you are also provided with the templates pe1-template.cppto work with, your answers should be submitted on Coursemology. Note that you can only run the test cases on Coursemology for a limited number of tries because they are only for checking that your code is submitted correctly. You are expected to test your own code for correctness locally on VS Code and not depend only on the provided test cases. Do ensure that you pasted your answers correctly by running the test cases at least once.
6. In case there are problems with Coursemology.org and we are not able to upload the answers to Coursemology.org, you will be required to name your file pe1-<student no>.c where <student no> is your student number and leave the file on the Desktop. If your file is not named correctly, we will choose any .cpp file found at random.
7. Please note that it shall be your responsibility to ensure that your solution is submitted correctly to Coursemology and correctly left in the desktop folder at the end of the examination. Failure to do so will render you liable to receiving a grade of ZERO for the Practical Exam, or the parts that are not uploaded correctly.
8. Please note that while sample executions are given, it is not sufficient to write programs that simply satisfy the given examples. Your programs will be tested on other inputs and they should exhibit the required behaviours as specified by the problems to get full credit. There is no need for you to submit test cases.
9. Marks will also be awarded for good coding style like suitable variable names, proper indentations, etc., in addition to the correctness of the program.
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