Assignment 1

Marking Scheme

This web page may be updated during the semester

• declaration.txt
• Program
• Report

• Other Deductions
• File Submission Deductions

• Late Penalty

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Program  (15 marks)

Test 1  (5 marks)

zero marks  if your program does not compile

1 mark  if your program displays the correct Welcome message
1 mark  if your program displays the correct Sign-Off message

1 mark  if your program produces the correct sentence for test data file Test1a
1 mark  if your program produces the correct sentence for test data file Test1b
1 mark  if your program produces the correct sentence for test data file Test1c

Test 2  (bonus 5 marks)

1 mark  if your program produces valid output for test data file Test2a
1 mark  if your program produces valid output for test data file Test2b
1 mark  if your program produces valid output for test data file Test2c
1 mark  if your program produces valid output for test data file Test2d
1 mark  if your program produces valid output for test data file Test2e

If there is no beginning comment, the maximum mark you will be awarded is 3/5.

If your comments simply translate your code into English, the maximum mark you will be awarded is 1/5.

Programming Style  (5 marks)

See Code Conventions for the Java^TM Programming Language.

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Report  (10 marks)

Both the content of your report, and your writing style, will be assessed using the following scale:

10  Couldn't fault it
 9  Brilliant
 8  Excellent
 7  Very Good
 6  Good
 5  Satisfactory
 4  Unsatisfactory
 3  Poor
 2  Very Poor
 1  Nothing of significance submitted

You will not receive a high mark if your report does not meet the Report specification.

You will not receive a high mark if your report contains a  lot of spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.

Length Deduction

minus 1 mark  if your file contains fewer than 150 words
minus 1 mark  if your file contains fewer than 180 words

minus 1 mark  if your file contains more than 220 words
minus 1 mark  if your file contains more than 250 words

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declaration.txt  (required)

minus 5 marks if the  declaration.txt  file has not been submitted

If the  declaration.txt  file has been submitted:

minus 1 mark  if you have not replaced  <your name>  with your name

minus 1 mark  if you have not replaced  <your student number>  with your student number

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File Submission Deductions

minus 2 marks (per file) if your _OLD file is marked

minus 1 mark (per file) each time the course coordinator needs to edit and re-run a submitted file

minus 2 marks if you have submitted both  reportA.txt  and  reportB.txt 

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Other Deductions

minus 1 mark if you have left any pointy/angle brackets in your file

minus 1 mark if your code is re-run by hand

If you do something inappropriate/silly which I have not thought of in advance to put on this marking scheme, you may lose marks for that inappropriate/silly thing.

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