O Level Computer science Pre Release Material 2018 Oct/Nov Solution

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O Level Computer science Pre Release Material 2018 Oct/Nov Solution (Visual Basic and Pseudocode)

Pre release Scenario

A junior park run event is hold every week on a Saturday morning in a local park over a distance of two kilometers Children between the ages of 4 and 14 inclusive can register to take part. Children register with their name and age. When they register, they are allocated a unique identification number of four digits, the last digit is a check digit. Once registered a child can take part in junior park run events for a year.

For each event, the organizers record the time each child takes to run two kilometers Their time is stored for every event they complete and the number of runs they have completed is updated by one. If their time is faster than their personal best (PB) time, their PB time is updated When a child has completed 11 runs, they are awarded a half-marathon wristband. When a child has completed 22 runs they are awarded a full-marathon wristband.

Upcoming Events

A program is required to update the children’s data, update PB times if necessary, and decide if a wristband is to be awarded. The program also needs to identify the fastest child at this event for each of the age ranges; 4 to 6, 7 to 10 and 11 to 14.

Write and test a program or programs for the park run organizer

  • Your program or programs must include appropriate prompts tor the entry of data
  • Error messages and other output need to be set out clearly and be understandable
  • All variables, arrays, constants and other identifiers must have meaningful names

You will need to complete these three tasks. Each task must be fully tested.

TASK 1 – Registering to take part.

Write a program to set up arrays to store the data for 20 children. On registration, each child must be allocated a unique identification number of four digits; the last digit is a check digit. The unique identification number, age in years and name for each child is recorded and stored on registration. The PB time and the number of runs are initialized to zero and these values stored on registration. Their PB time is stored as minutes correct to two decimal places.

TASK 2 – Recording the times.

Extend your program to record the unique identification number and to input the start time and finish time for every child completing the junior park run event. Calculate and store the time each child took to complete the run. A registered child does not have to compete in each event. Only one time per child is recorded during an event.

TASK 3 – Updating the children’s data and identifying the fastest child for each age range

Extend your program to update the number of runs and the PB time if necessary for every child completing the junior park run event. Check if any half- or full-marathon wristbands need to be awarded. Output the names and the type of wristbands. Output the names and the times of the fastest child at this event for each of the age ranges 4 to 6, 7 to 10 and 11 to 14.

Solution

Task 1

Download Pseudocode :

Task 1

Visual Basic Console :

 

Dim Child_name(0 To 19) As String
Dim Child_age(0 To 19) As Integer
Dim reg_no(0 To 19) As Integer
Dim No_of_runs(0 To 19) As Integer
Dim Personal_best(0 To 19) As Decimal
Dim constant As Integer = 123

Dim digit1 As Integer
Dim digit2 As Integer
Dim digit3 As Integer
Dim temp1 As Integer
Dim temp2 As Integer
Dim check_digit As Integer

For i = 0 To 19

    Console.WriteLine("Enter Child Name :")
    Child_name(i) = Console.ReadLine()
    Do
        Console.WriteLine("Enter Child Age :")
        Child_age(i) = Console.ReadLine()

        If Child_age(i) < 4 Or Child_age(i) > 14 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Age Must be between the range of 4 to 14")
        End If
    Loop Until Child_age(i) >= 4 And Child_age(i) <= 14

    digit1 = Int(constant / 100)
    temp1 = digit1 * 100
    temp2 = constant - temp1
    digit2 = Int(temp2 / 10)
    digit3 = Int(temp2) Mod 10

    check_digit = ((digit1 * 3) + (digit2 * 2) + (digit3 * 1)) Mod 10

    reg_no(i) = constant * 10 + check_digit

    constant = constant + 1

    No_of_runs(i) = 0
    Personal_best(i) = 0

    Console.WriteLine(Child_name(i) & " Registered Successfully")
    Console.WriteLine("Registration No is " & reg_no(i))

Next

 

 

Expanding to Task 2 and Task 3 

Dim Select_option As Integer
Dim Child_name(0 To 19) As String
Dim Child_age(0 To 19) As Integer
Dim reg_no(0 To 19) As Integer
Dim No_of_runs(0 To 19) As Integer
Dim Personal_best(0 To 19) As Double

Dim constant As Integer = 123
Dim Event_duration As Double
Dim Array_position As Integer = 123
Dim search As Integer
Dim start_time As Double
Dim finish_time As Double
Dim ch As Char
Dim fastest1 As Integer
Dim fastest2 As Integer
Dim fastest3 As Integer
Dim Child_array_position1 As Integer
Dim Child_array_position2 As Integer
Dim Child_array_position3 As Integer

Dim digit1 As Integer
Dim digit2 As Integer
Dim digit3 As Integer
Dim temp1 As Integer
Dim temp2 As Integer
Dim check_digit As Integer

Sub main()
	Console.WriteLine("1. Register Students")
	Console.WriteLine("2. Update Childrens data and output Fastest child of each category")
	
	Select_option = Console.ReadLine
	
	If Select_option = 1 Then
		Call Task1()
	ElseIf Select_option = 2 Then
		Call Task2_3()
	Else
		Console.WriteLine("Wrong Option, Select again :")
	End If
End Sub


Sub Task1()
	For i = 0 To 19
		
		
		
		Console.WriteLine("Enter Child Name :")
		Child_name(i) = Console.ReadLine()
		Do
			Console.WriteLine("Enter Child Age :")
			Child_age(i) = Console.ReadLine()
			
			If Child_age(i) < 4 Or Child_age(i) > 14 Then
				Console.WriteLine("Age Must be between the range of 4 to 14")
			End If
		Loop Until Child_age(i) >= 4 And Child_age(i) <= 14
		
		
		digit1 = Int(constant / 100)
		temp1 = digit1 * 100
		temp2 = constant - temp1
		digit2 = Int(temp2 / 10)
		digit3 = Int(temp2) Mod 10
		
		check_digit = ((digit1 * 3) + (digit2 * 2) + (digit3 * 1)) Mod 10
		
		reg_no(i) = constant * 10 + check_digit
		
		constant = constant + 1
		
		No_of_runs(i) = 0
		Personal_best(i) = 0
		
		Console.WriteLine(Child_name(i) & " Registered Successfully")
		Console.WriteLine("Registration No is " & reg_no(i))
		
	Next
End Sub


Sub Task2_3()
	Do
		Console.WriteLine("Enter Child Register Number")
		search = Console.ReadLine
		
'To check if searched registere number is availible, if availible then save it,s array position in variable
		For x = 0 To 19
			If reg_no(x) = search Then
				Array_position = reg_no(x)
			End If
		Next
		
		If Array_position <> 123 Then
			Console.WriteLine("Enter registration details of : " & reg_no(Array_position) & " : " & Child_name(Array_position))
			
			Console.WriteLine("Enter Start time in Minutes : ")
			start_time = Console.ReadLine
			
			Console.WriteLine("Enter End time in Minutes : ")
			finish_time = Console.ReadLine()
			
			Event_duration = finish_time - start_time
			
' Updating Personal Best time
			
			If Event_duration < Personal_best(Array_position) Then
				
				Personal_best(Array_position) = Event_duration
				Console.WriteLine("New Personal Best time ")
				
			End If
			
'Updating Number of Runs
			No_of_runs(Array_position) = No_of_runs(Array_position) + 1
			
			
'To Check if a wrist band is awarded?
			
			If No_of_runs(Array_position) = 11 Then
				Console.WriteLine("Half-Marathon wrist Band Awarded for : " & Child_name(Array_position))
			ElseIf No_of_runs(Array_position) = 11 Then
				Console.WriteLine("Full-Marathon wrist Band Awarded for : " & Child_name(Array_position))
			End If
			
			
			
'Finding Fastest Cild in each Age Category
			
			If Child_age(Array_position) >= 4 And Child_age(Array_position) <= 6 Then
				Fastest1 = Event_duration
				Child_array_position1 = Array_position
			ElseIf Child_age(Array_position) >= 7 And Child_age(Array_position) <= 10 Then
				Fastest2 = Event_duration
				Child_array_position2 = Array_position
			ElseIf Child_age(Array_position) >= 11 And Child_age(Array_position) <= 14 Then
				Fastest3 = Event_duration
				Child_array_position3 = Array_position
				
			End If
			
			
			
			Console.WriteLine("For Age (4-6 )" & Child_name(Child_array_position1) & "came first (fastest ) with a time = " & fastest1)
			Console.WriteLine("For Age (7-10 )" & Child_name(Child_array_position2) & "came first (fastest ) with a time = " & fastest2)
			Console.WriteLine("For Age (11-14 )" & Child_name(Child_array_position3) & "came first (fastest ) with a time = " & fastest3)
			
			
			
		Else
			Console.WriteLine("Registration number wrong!")
		End If
		
		Console.WriteLine("Do you need to record more Childrens event details? (Y/N)")
		ch = Console.ReadLine
		
	Loop Until ch = "n" Or ch = "N"
	
End Sub




 

 

This Solution Can be Further more improved if you want, I did not wanted to make the code more complex, as many students get confused.

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18 COMMENTS

  1. bro what if the child age itself is not in the range.
    you re asking the age again for the same child who has the same name.
    if the child age is not in range , you better ask again the name and age which will have the same value of i. Correct your code or or you can tell me if i am wrong.

    • You are right, we can do that to improve our code, I have already mentioned this code can be further improved a lot, it just fulfills the Pre release material Tasks, but if you need this code in real life this is just full of Bugs.

  2. hello sir, have u done these in python or pseudo code because that would really help. I tried doing it myself but i had to many mistakes.

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