GHANA COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY (GCTU)

FINAL EXAMINATIONS – SEPTEMBER 2021

FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

TAKE HOME EXAMANINATION

CSSD 102 – HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

DIT /BIT LEVEL 100

Start Date: DECEMBER 20, 2021

End Date: DECEMBER 31, 2021

 EXAMINATION 1

Question 1 (30 marks) 100-500 words per explanation and avoid plagiarism.
i. Explain the following datatypes in your own words without copying it from
anywhere.

a. int
b. float.
c. double.
d. string.
e. Bool.

ii. Write a program in C++ with the following datatypes. Use the 3 different variables
with the same data type. Explain the codes step by step.
a. int
b. float.
c. double.
d. string.
e. bool.

Question 2 (15 marks) 300-500 words per discussion and avoid plagiarism.
Discuss the following.
a. Pointers
b. Arrays
c. Structures
d. Classes
e. functions

Question 3 (10 marks) avoid plagiarism.

Write the following program in c++.
Combine your first and second name and pick only the first five characters of your name for
the project.

i. Declare an array named name1 and put all the first five characters into it.
ii. Write a for loop with an if condition that will find and output the index value of a
searched character in the array. Let the program be such that the user will input the
character being searched for.
 Question 4 (25 marks) avoid plagiarism.
Write the following program in c++.
i. Create a class of your own choice with 5 attributes.
ii. Create an object of named objone in the intmain() function
iii. Access attributes and set values for all the 5 attributes
iv. Print all the attribute values
v. Create a function in the class that add two number and access the function using the
oblject.

Question 5 (20 marks) avoid plagiarism.

Discuss Object oriented programming in c++ with 4 points. Each point shoult not be less
than 200 words.

Question 6 (40 marks) 200-500 words per explanation and avoid plagiarism.
I. Explain the following in your own words without copying it from anywhere. Give
examples each in your explanation.

a. Class hierarchies
b. Algorithms
c. Flowcharts
d. Control structure

II. Write a program in C++ for the following equations of motion.

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