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INTERNAL VERIFICATION – ASSESSMENT DECISIONS

Programme title Higher National Diploma in Computing

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the Assessor has awarded.

INTERNAL VERIFIER CHECKLIST

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those shown in the assignment brief?

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justified by the assessor’s comments on the Y/N
student work?

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accurately?
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• Linked to relevant assessment criteria?

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• Identifying opportunities for

improved performance?
• Agreeing actions?

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amending?

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 Higher Nationals - Summative Assignment Feedback Form

Student Name/ID

Unit Title

Assignment Number Assessor

Date Received 1st

submission
Submission Date

Date Received 2nd

submission

Re-submission Date

Assessor Feedback:

LO1. Define basic algorithms to carry out an operation and outline the process of programming an application.
Pass, Merit & Distinction Descripts P1
M1
D1

LO2. Explain the characteristics of procedural, object-orientated and event-driven programming, conduct an analysis of a suita
Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

Pass, Merit & Distinction Descripts P2

M2
D2

LO3. Implement basic algorithms in code using an IDE.

Pass, Merit & Distinction Descripts P3

 M3
D3

LO4. Determine the debugging process and explain the importance of a coding standard.

Pass, Merit & Distinction Descripts P4

P5
M4
D4

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Pearson Higher Nationals in

Computing

Unit 01: Programming

Assignment 01
General Guidelines

1. A Cover page or title page – You should always attach a title page to your assignment. Use
previous page as your cover sheet and make sure all the details are accurately filled.
2. Attach this brief as the first section of your assignment.
3. All the assignments should be prepared using a word processing software.
4. All the assignments should be printed on A4 sized papers. Use single side printing.
5. Allow 1” for top, bottom , right margins and 1.25” for the left margin of each page.

Word Processing Rules

 1. The font size should be 12 point, and should be in the style of Time New Roman.
2. Use 1.5 line spacing. Left justify all paragraphs.
3. Ensure that all the headings are consistent in terms of the font size and font style.
4. Use footer function in the word processor to insert Your Name, Subject, Assignment No,
and Page Number on each page. This is useful if individual sheets become detached for any
reason.
5. Use word processing application spell check and grammar check function to help editing
your assignment.

Important Points:

1. It is strictly prohibited to use textboxes to add texts in the assignments, except for the
compulsory information. eg: Figures, tables of comparison etc. Adding text boxes in the body
except for the before mentioned compulsory information will result in rejection of your
work.
2. Carefully check the hand in date and the instructions given in the assignment. Late
submissions will not be accepted.
3. Ensure that you give yourself enough time to complete the assignment by the due date.
4. Excuses of any nature will not be accepted for failure to hand in the work on time.
5. You must take responsibility for managing your own time effectively.
6. If you are unable to hand in your assignment on time and have valid reasons such as illness,
you may apply (in writing) for an extension.
7. Failure to achieve at least PASS criteria will result in a REFERRAL grade .
8. Non-submission of work without valid reasons will lead to an automatic RE FERRAL. You will
then be asked to complete an alternative assignment.
 9. If you use other people’s work or ideas in your assignment, reference them properly using
HARVARD referencing system to avoid plagiarism. You have to provide both in-text citation
and a reference list.
10. If you are proven to be guilty of plagiarism or any academic misconduct, your grade could be
reduced to A REFERRAL or at worst you could be expelled from the course

Student Declaration

I hereby, declare that I know what plagiarism entails, namely to use another’s work and to present
it as my own without attributing the sources in the correct way. I further understand what it means
to copy another’s work.

1. I know that plagiarism is a punishable offence because it constitutes theft.

2. I understand the plagiarism and copying policy of the Edexcel UK.
3. I know what the consequences will be if I plagiaries or copy another’s work in any of the
assignments for this program.
4. I declare therefore that all work presented by me for every aspects of my program, will be
my own, and where I have made use of another’s work, I will attribute the source in the
correct way.
5. I acknowledge that the attachment of this document signed or not, constitutes a binding
agreement between myself and Edexcel UK.
6. I understand that my assignment will not be considered as submitted if this document is not
attached to the attached.
Student’s Signature: Date:
(Provide E-mail ID) (Provide Submission Date)
 Higher National Diploma in Computing
Assignment Brief

Student Name /ID Number

Unit Number and Title Unit 01: Programming

Academic Year 2021/22

Unit Tutor
Assignment Title Design &Implement a GUI based system using a suitable
Integrated Development Environment

Issue Date

Submission Date

IV Name & Date

Submission Format
This submission will have 3 components

1. Written Report

This submission is in the form of an individual written report. This should be written in a concise, formal
business style using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs
and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced using the
Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system. ( The
recommended word count is 1,500–2,000 words for the report excluding annexures)

2. Implemented System (Software)

The student should submit a GUI based system developed using an IDE. The system should connect with a
backend database and should have at least 5 different forms and suitable functionality including insert,
edit and delete of main entities and transaction processing.

3. Presentation
With the submitted system student should do a presentation to demonstrate the system that was
developed. Time allocated is 10 to 15 min. Student may use 5 to 10 PowerPoint slides while doing the
presentation, but live demonstration of the system is required. Evaluator will also check the ability to
modify and debug the system using the IDE.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1. Define basic algorithms to carry out an operation and outline the process of
programming an application.

LO2. Explain the characteristics of procedural, object-orientated and event-driven

programming.

LO3. Implement basic algorithms in code using an IDE.

LO4. Determine the debugging process and explain the importance of a coding
standard
Assignment Brief and Guidance:
Activity 1

A. The Fibonacci numbers are the numbers in the following integer sequence.
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ……..

In mathematical terms, the sequence Fn of Fibonacci numbers is defined by the recurrence

relation. 

F n = F n-1 + F n-2

B. Factorial of a non-negative integer, is multiplication of all integers smaller than or equal

to n. For example, factorial of 6 is 6*5*4*3*2*1 which is 720.

n! = n * (n - 1) * …….. 1

Define what an algorithm is and outline the characteristics of a good algorithm. Write the
algorithms to display the Fibonacci series and the factorial value for a given number using
Pseudo code. Determine the steps involved in the process of writing and executing a
program and carry out an analysis of writing the code phase by discussing the potential
 challenges faced.
Take a sample number and dry run the above two algorithms. Show the outputs at the end
of each iteration and the final output. Examine what Big-O notation is and explain its role in
evaluating efficiencies of algorithms. Write the Python program code for the above two
algorithms and critically evaluate their efficiencies using Big-O notation.

Activity 2

2.1 Compare and discuss what is meant by a Programming Paradigm and the main
characteristics of Procedural, Object oriented and Event-driven paradigms and the
relationships among them. Write small snippets of code as example for the above three
programming paradigms using a suitable programming language(s) and critically
evaluate the code samples that you have given above in relation to their structure and
 the unique characteristics.

Activity 3 and Activity 4 are based on the following Scenario.

Grifindo Toys is a small-scale Toy building company which is located in United Kingdom
(UK) and currently they have 50 employees working at their headquarters. They are looking
for a simple payroll system to calculate the salaries of their employees and you are hired as a
freelance software developer to build their payroll system.
Specifications for the payroll system as follows,

Grifindo Toys Payroll System mainly contains five components and the specifications for the
components are follows,
1. Employee Component.
 Admin should be able to register employee details to the system (including
monthly salary, overtime rates-hourly, allowances).
 Admin should be able to update all employee details in the system (Update and
Delete including monthly salary, overtime rates-hourly, allowances).
 Admin should be able to view individual employee details, view all employees
details, search employees.
2. Salary Component

Admin should be able to input the date range to calculate the salary. Salary cycle
begin date and the end date should be given to calculate the monthly salary.
Salary cycle begin date and end date will be defined in the settings component
and if the user enters something else the system should display an error message.

The admin should be able to enter the no of leaves an employee has taken with
number of absent days, no of holidays for the given date range. If an employee
has worked any overtime hours the admin should be able to enter that also when
calculating the Base pay value.

Base Pay need to calculate based on the following points,

Base Pay (Monthly Salary: salary_cycle_date_range, eg: 30 days): Each
employee will be paid monthly

If any employee couldn’t cover salary_cycle_date_range (eg:-30 days) attendance

the system should calculate the no-pay value according to the below mention
formula,

No-pay-value = (Total_Salary/salary_cycle_date_range)
*No_of_absent_days

Base Pay need to calculate according to the below mentioned formula

Base Pay value = Monthly_Salary + Allowances +

(Over_time_rate*no_of_overtime_hours)
 Gross Pay need to calculate according to the below mentioned formula

Gross Pay = Base_Pay_value – (No_pay_value +

Base_Pay_value*government_tax_rate)

All the calculated No-pay-value, Base-pay-value and Gross pay value should
record in the database under each employee for each month. This component
should generate reports such as monthly salary report for an employee, overall
salary summary for couple of months for an employee, No-pay-value, base-pay-
value, and gross pay value of all the employees for a given month range.

3. Settings Component
 This component should allow the admin to change parameter values such as

i. Date Range for a salary cycle. Eg:- 30 days

ii. Salary cycle begin date
iii. Salary cycle end date
iv. No of leaves for an employee for a year.

Activity 3

Write the complete pseudocode for the salary component of the above system (report
generation is not needed). Use the visual studio IDE (using C#.net) to implement the
 above three components. Ideally there should be three separate classes for the above
three components and the developer can decide the methods which need to include in
those classes. Design the suitable database structure for keeping the data of the above
system.
Analyze the features of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and explain how
those features help in application development. Evaluate the use of the Visual StudioIDE
for your application development contrasted with not using an IDE.

Activity 4
4.1 Design and build a small GUI system for the above scenario and it should be a complete
functional system with all the functions which has described in the above scenario with the
database structure which has designed in activity 3.
4.2 Examine debugging process and the features available in Visual studio IDE for debugging
your code more easily. Evaluate how you used the debugging process to develop more
secure, robust application with examples.
4.3 Explain and outline the coding standards you have used in your application development.
Critically evaluate why a coding standard is necessary for the team as well as for the
individual.
Grading Rubric

Grading Criteria Achieved Feedback

LO1 Define basic algorithms to carry out an operation
and outline the process of programming an
application.

P1 Define an algorithm and outline the process in building an

application

P2 Determine the steps taken from writing code to

execution.

M1 Analyse the process of writing code, including the

potential challenges faced.

D1 Evaluate the implementation of an algorithm in a suitable

language and the relationship between the written algorithm
and the code variant
LO2 Explain the characteristics of procedural, object
orientated and event-driven programming

P3 Discuss what procedural, object orientated and event

driven paradigms are; their characteristics and the
relationship between them.

M2 Compare the procedural, object-orientated and event

driven paradigms used in given source code of an application

D2 Critically evaluate the source code of an application that

implements the procedural, object-orientated and event-
driven paradigms, in terms of the code structure and
characteristics.

LO3 Implement basic algorithms in code using an IDE.

P4 Write a program that implements an algorithm using an
IDE.

M3 Enhance the algorithm written, using the features of

the IDE to manage the development process.

D3 Evaluate the use of an IDE for development of

applications contrasted with not using an IDE.

LO4 Determine the debugging process and explain

the importance of a coding standard
P5 Explain the debugging process and explain the
debugging facilities available in the IDE.

P6 Explain the coding standard you have used in your code.

M4 Examine how the debugging process can be used to

help develop more secure, robust applications.
D4 Evaluate the role and purpose of a coding standard and
why it is necessary in a team as well as for the individual.