Assignment #1: Introduction to Programming

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CSC 110: Fundamentals of Programming I

Assignment #1: Introduction to Programming

How to hand in your work
Submit the requested files for parts (b) and (c) (see below) through the Assignment
#1 link on the CSC 110 conneX site. Please make sure you follow all the required
steps for submission (including final confirmation of your submission). Part (a) is
not marked.
Marking
Your mark will be based on:
• Your code compiling and running.
• Your code producing the output exactly as requested, and calculating the
object’s dimensions correctly.
• Your code indented and appropriately documented via comments. (Please
follow the guidelines in codingConventions.pdf available in the “Lectures
& stuff” section on conneX.)
Part (a): Problems from the Textbook
Complete the Chapter 1 Self-Check Problems 1 to 20 and compare your answer to
those given by the textbook authors at:
http://www.buildingjavaprograms.com/self-check-solutions-4ed.html
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Part (b): ASCII Art
With the US Presidential lection, we can set aside our Canadian misgivings about the
whole Clinton vs. Trump thing by instead using Java to draw the national bird of the
United States of America. To that end you will write a Java program to create an
ASCII-art version of an eagle.
/
\ /*/
\\\' , / //
\\\// _/ //'
\_-//' / //<'
\*/// <//'
/ *\\\`
/,)-^ _\`
(/ \\ / \\\
// //\\\
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This might bird looks best when your terminal uses a monospaced font such as
Courier. It is composed of the following characters: space, comma, asterisk, forward
slash, backslash, backtick (`), underscore (_), asterisk (*), parentheses, single quote
('), and the hyphen (|).
File to submit: AsciiEagle.java
Part (c): Math calculations
Write a program to calculate the surface area of the cathedral floor shown below.
Write your program in several steps:
B
A C
chancel
nave
85 m
9 m
16 m
18 m
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• Write a statement to calculate the rectangular area of the nave not including
the chancel or the four chapels, and store this to a variable called naveArea.
• Write a statement to calculate the area of a semicircle corresponding to the
chancel. (Note that its diameter is given and that the chancel is a perfect
semicircle.) Store this into a variable named chancelArea.
• Write a statement to calculate the area of a semicircle corresponding to one
of the smaller chapels. Note that chapels B and C are the same size. Store
chapel areas into variables named chapelAreaSmall (for chapels A) and
chapelAreaLarge (for chapels B and C).
• Write the lines of code using the three variables created above to calculate
the complete area of the cathedral floor and print it out to the console.
Note that you should choose the proper primitive type for your variables in order to
get a precise answer. You may use Math.PI in your calculations.
File to submit: FloorArea.java
Grading scheme
• “A” grade: An exceptional submission demonstrating creativity and initiative
going above and beyond the assignment requirements. The two programs
run without any problems and have the expected output. Any extra work
appears in the files named AsciiEagleExtra.java and FloorAreaExtra.java and
identified within the files (i.e., Class comment) is how you have extended the
assignment to demonstrate creativity and initiative.
• “B” grade: A submission completing the requirements of the assignment. The
two programs run without any problems and have the expected output.
• “C” grade: A submission completing most of the requirements of the
assignment. The programs run with some problems OR only one program
runs without any problems and has the expected output.
• “D” grade: A serious attempt at completing requirements for the assignment.
The two programs run with quite a few problems OR only one program runs
with some problems.
• “F” grade: Either no submission given, the submission does not compile, or
submission represents very little work.