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MODULE NAME: MODULE CODE:

INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING LOGIC IPRG5111
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING LOGIC IPRG5111d

ASSESSMENT TYPE: ASSIGNMENT 1 (PAPER ONLY)

TOTAL MARK ALLOCATION: 100 MARKS

TOTAL HOURS: 10 HOURS

By submitting this assignment, you acknowledge that you have read and understood all the rules
as per the terms in the registration contract, in particular the assignment and assessment rules in
The IIE Assessment Strategy and Policy (IIE009), the intellectual integrity and plagiarism rules in
the Intellectual Integrity Policy (IIE023), as well as any rules and regulations published in the
student portal.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Make a copy of your assignment before handing it in.

2. Assignments must be typed unless otherwise specified.
3. All work must be adequately and correctly referenced.
4. Begin each section on a new page.
5. Follow all instructions on the assignment cover sheet.
6. This is an individual assignment.

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Referencing Rubric
Providing evidence based on valid and referenced academic sources Markers are required to provide feedback to students by indicating
is a fundamental educational principle and the cornerstone of high- (circling/underlining) the information that best describes the
quality academic work. Hence, The IIE considers it essential to student’s work.
develop the referencing skills of our students in our commitment to
achieve high academic standards. Part of achieving these high Minor technical referencing errors: 5% deduction from the
standards is referencing in a way that is consistent, technically overall percentage – the student’s work contains five or more
correct and congruent. This is not plagiarism, which is handled errors listed in the minor errors column in the table below.
differently.
Major technical referencing errors: 10% deduction from the
Poor quality formatting in your referencing will result in a penalty of overall percentage – the student’s work contains five or more
a maximum of ten percent being deducted from the percentage errors listed in the major errors column in the table below.
awarded, according to the following guidelines. Please note,
however, that evidence of plagiarism in the form of copied or If both minor and major errors are indicated, then 10% only (and
uncited work (not referenced), absent reference lists, or not 5% or 15%) is deducted from the overall percentage. The
exceptionally poor referencing, may result in action being taken in examples provided below are not exhaustive but are provided to
accordance with The IIE’s Intellectual Integrity Policy (0023). illustrate the error.

Required: Minor errors in technical correctness of Major errors in technical correctness of referencing
Technically correct referencing referencing style style
style Deduct 5% from percentage awarded Deduct 10% from percentage awarded
Consistency Minor inconsistencies. Major inconsistencies.
• The referencing style is generally • Poor and inconsistent referencing style used in-
• The same referencing format consistent, but there are one or two text and/or in the bibliography/ reference list.
has been used for all in-text changes in the format of in-text • Multiple formats for the same type of referencing
references and in the referencing and/or in the bibliography. have been used.
bibliography/reference list. • For example, page numbers for direct • For example, the format for direct quotes (in-text)
quotes (in-text) have been provided for and/or book chapters (bibliography/ reference
one source, but not in another instance. list) is different across multiple instances.
Two book chapters (bibliography) have
been referenced in the bibliography in
two different formats.
Technical correctness Generally, technically correct with some Technically incorrect.
minor errors. • The referencing format is incorrect.
• Referencing format is • The correct referencing format has been • Concepts and ideas are typically referenced, but a
technically correct throughout consistently used, but there are one or reference is missing from small sections of the
the submission. two errors. work.
• Concepts and ideas are typically • Position of the references: references are only
• Position of the reference: a referenced, but a reference is missing given at the beginning or end of large sections of
reference is directly associated from one small section of the work. work.
with every concept or idea. • Position of the references: references • For example, incorrect author information is
are only given at the beginning or end of provided, no year of publication is provided,
• For example, quotation marks, every paragraph. quotation marks and/or page numbers for direct
page numbers, years, etc. are • For example, the student has incorrectly quotes missing, page numbers are provided for
applied correctly, sources in presented direct quotes (in-text) and/or paraphrased material, the incorrect punctuation is
the bibliography/reference list book chapters (bibliography/reference used (in-text); the bibliography/reference list is
are correctly presented. list). not in alphabetical order, the incorrect format for
a book chapter/journal article is used, information
is missing e.g. no place of publication had been
provided (bibliography); repeated sources on the
reference list.
Congruence between in-text Generally, congruence between the in- A lack of congruence between the in-text
referencing and bibliography/ text referencing and the bibliography/ referencing and the bibliography.
reference list reference list with one or two errors. • No relationship/several incongruencies between
• There is largely a match between the the in-text referencing and the
• All sources are accurately sources presented in-text and the bibliography/reference list.
reflected and are all accurately bibliography. • For example, sources are included in-text, but not
included in the bibliography/ • For example, a source appears in the in the bibliography and vice versa, a link, rather
reference list. text, but not in the bibliography/ than the actual reference is provided in the
reference list or vice versa. bibliography.
In summary: the recording of In summary, at least 80% of the sources In summary, at least 60% of the sources are
references is accurate and are correctly reflected and included in a incorrectly reflected and/or not included in
complete. reference list. reference list.

Overall Feedback about the consistency, technical correctness and congruence between in-text referencing and bibliography:
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Question 1 (Marks: 60)

You have decided to start a savings account because you would like to go on holiday with a friend
and you need to keep track of your deposits, interest paid, balance and tax liabilities. Your goal is
to save for three months.

You have spent some time comparing various savings options to get the most growth out of your
savings. That means the higher the interest rate, the more your money will increase. The savings
account you have chosen offers the best interest rates which are based on a sliding scale on the
balance of your account.

Definition: A sliding scale is a system in which the interest rate which is paid changes because of
other conditions. For example:
• The more money you earn, the more tax you must pay.
• The more money you invest in savings, the higher interest rate you will receive.

VALUE OF SAVINGS ACCOUNT BALANCE INTEREST RATE

(per month)
Less than R2 000 2%
Greater than or equal to R2 000 but less 4%
than R5 000
Greater than or equal to R5 000 6%

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) will deduct 25% tax of the interest paid into your
account each month (from the profit you make every month), i.e., the interest paid to you by the
bank.
Write the pseudocode for the following scenario.

The input into the program will be:

• Account number (numeric)
• Amount of the deposit (numeric)
• Month (numeric)

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The program must do the following:

• Ask the user to enter the account number twice and compare the two account numbers to
each other in order to verify that the correct account is being accessed. This is to ensure
you will make your deposit into the correct account. If the two account numbers entered
do not match, then display an appropriate message and ask the user to re-enter the two
account numbers again.
• The minimum monthly deposit is R500. Check that the deposited amount is R500 or more.
If it is less than R500, then the program must prompt you to re-enter an amount to deposit
until you specify an amount of R500 or more.
• Use a case structure to convert the numeric month to a string month name.
o E.g., 1 will be January and 2 will be February, etc.
• Check the account balance against the range of values to determine the interest rate (from
the table above).
• Calculate the interest payable and add the interest payable to your account balance.
• Calculate the tax due to SARS (25%) and deduct this from your account balance.
• Print out a balance statement each time you make a deposit so you can keep track of your
account balance. The balance statement must include the following information:
o Opening Balance;
o Deposit;
o Interest Earned;
o Tax due to SARS;
o Closing Balance;

[The values used are for demonstration purposes only. The user can enter any amount of money.]

My Savings – April

Opening Balance Deposit Interest Earned SARS

R0 R500 R10 R2.50

Closing Balance: R507.50

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My Savings – May

Opening Balance Deposit Interest Earned SARS

R507.50 R1 500 R80.30 R20.08

Closing Balance: R2067.72

My Savings – June

Opening Balance Deposit Interest Earned SARS

R2 067.72 R1 700 R150.71 R37.68

Closing Balance: R3 880.75

MARK ALLOCATION
1. Declare and initialise variables 5

2. Input account number twice and check for validity in a loop 6

3. Input amount of deposit 2

4. Input month 2

5. Check that the amount deposited is at least R500 6

6. Convert the numeric month value to the month’s name 6

7. Determine interest rate based on account balance (from the table above) 6

8. Calculate interest (interest earned based on the account balance) 5

9. Calculate tax (25%) 5

10. Display account balance statement (as per the example provided) 6

11. Repeat the process for three months (from step 3 to step 10) 3

12. Comments 2

13. Overall logic is correct 6

TOTAL 60

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Question 2 (Marks: 40)

Write the pseudocode for the scenario below.

A teacher has a class of 10 learners who recently wrote a test. The teacher would like to
determine the average class mark and the name of the student with the highest mark. Verify that
the marks input by the teacher fall in the range 0 to 100. For any mark input that is outside of this
range, the user must repeat the process and input the mark until it is within the range.

The values below are an example of the names and marks for this scenario and explanation. The
teacher will input their own data.

Example Data
Names – string Marks – numeric
Joe 68
Mpho 56
Kyle 43
Susan 49
Thando 76
Refilwe 80
John 50
Katlego 75
Joyce 63
Sisanda 44

You are required to do the following for the teacher:

• Display the student’s name with their corresponding mark and category.
o Any learner with a mark equal to or above 75 display “Distinction” next to their mark.
o For those learners with a mark less than 50, display “Fail”.
o All the other students must have the word “Pass” next to their mark.
• Display the name of the learner with the highest mark.
• Calculate and display the average class mark.

Comment your pseudocode and use descriptive and appropriate messages/labels for the output.
The report must display output as follows:

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CLASS REPORT

NAME MARK ACHIEVED CATEGORY

Joe 68 Pass
Mpho 56 Pass
Kyle 43 Fail
Susan 49 Fail
Thando 76 Distinction
Refilwe 80 Distinction
John 50 Pass
Katlego 75 Distinction
Joyce 63 Pass
Sisanda 44 Fail

HIGHEST MARK: Refilwe

AVERAGE CLASS MARK: 60.4 %

MARK ALLOCATION
Declare and initialise variables 3
Input student name 3
Verify that all the marks input are between 0 and 100 (inclusive). If not, then the user 6
must re-enter that mark
Determine and display “Distinction” next to the student whose mark is greater than or 3
equal to 75
Determine and display “Pass” next to the student whose mark is in the range 50 to 74 3
Determine and display “Fail” next to the student whose mark is less than 50 3
Determine and display the name of the student with highest mark 12
Calculate and display the average class mark 5
Comments 2
TOTAL 40

[TOTAL MARKS: 100]

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