HCSCI132 Assignment 1 [50 Marks] Due Date 01/10/2022

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1) Define the following terms and mention suitable examples:
a) Interpreter [2]
b) Exception handling [2]
c) Class [2]
d) Algorithm [2]
e) Data Structure [2]
2) Differentiate protected and private access modifiers as used in classes. [4]
3) Distinguish for and if statements. [4]
4) Write a program which stores the following keys (id_no, employee_name, dept,
hours_worked and grade) to a dictionary named EMP. Go on to add 5 employee details
of your choice and show the output of the values in the dictionary. [6]
5) Write a program which calculates the factorial of a number and validate the input
captured to numbers only.
[6]
6) Given the string variable names = “my name is: ”. Write a code snippet which prompts
to add your name and append it to variable names, remove “my name ” and replace with
“MY FULL NAME ”, change ‘is’ to uppercase. Also show how you search for the
substring “your_name” and count the length of resulting string.
[10]
7) Describe the concepts of encapsulation and inheritance using suitable examples. [10]