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MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION MINISTERE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR
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ORGANIZATION OF THE HIGHER DE L’EXAMEN DU HND
NATIONAL DIPLOMA EXAM (HND) ……………
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Higher National Diploma Exam-June-July 2020 Session

Speciality: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (SM)

Paper: PRACTICE OF COMPUTER Nature of the paper: Practical

Coefficient : 3 Duration : 5hrs

SECTION A : PROGRAMMING. (50marks)

Students are required to have the following software installed in their computers:
 Code block, for C and C++ programing
 Visual Studio, for Event programming
 Netbeans or Eclipse or JBlue for Java
 Wamp or Xampp for database

I- C- programming (15mks)
Consider the sequence Sn=∑𝑖=𝑛 𝑛 1 2 3
𝑖=1 (𝑥 )= 𝑥 + 𝑥 + 𝑥 + ⋯ + 𝑥
𝑛

i. Write a C code that allows the user to input a real value 0<x<1, calculate the value of
n=N such that SN <=1. N and 𝑆𝑁 will be displayed. (5mks)
ii. An error message (ERROR: the value of x is too small) that permits the user to
know that the value of x was too small which would permit the program to enter
an infinite loop was entered would also be printed. This would occur if the
program attempts to do more than 50 iterations. (5mks)
iii. Define an array called sum and put all the values of Si, 1<=i<=N. The program
would print out the values of Si both vertically and horizontally.
(5mks)
iv. Write another set of codes on the same program that deletes the kth value in
the array where k<N and display the terms of the table where k<N. (5mks)

II- Object oriented programming (20mks)

Write a program that defines a shape class with a constructor that gives value to width and
height. Then define two sub-classes triangle and rectangle, that calculate the area of the shape
area (). In the main, define two variables a triangle and a rectangle and then call the area()

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function in this two variables. Clearly show how inheritance is exhibited by sufficiently
commenting the program. Use either C++ or Java.
III- Event programming (15mks)
1- Create in ASP.NET a page as below:

a. Create another page and rename it as example1.aspx (5mks)

b. When the user clicks on Login button in (a), the page should redirect to
example1.aspx. (10mks)

NB: The Reset button is used to clear the Login and Password text fields.

SECTION B: Database Development and Administration (MySQL). (20marks)

Sectors (Sec#, sec_name, city)

Employees (Emp#, Emp_name, Qualification, Salary, Sec#*)
Projects (Project#, Project_name, Budget)
Participation (Emp#*, Project#* , Function)

Following the relational schema provided above where the attributes underlined are primary keys and
those with the symbol (*) denotes foreign keys, consider developing a relational database using
MySQL

SECTION C: WEB PROGRAMMING. (15marks)

1- Write the html code used to create this form: (5mks)

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 2- In the web page created above, include external CSS implementation to your form.
(3mks)
3- Write a simple JavaScript function that, when the user clicks on the submit button,
displays all the information filled in the form inside a dialog box message. (7mks)

Section D: NETWORKING. (15marks)

Materials required:

 Three (3) computers equipped with NIC cards.

 One (1) switch
 Three (3) twisted pair cables of 2meters each.
 RJ-45 Connectors
 Crimping tool
 Cable Tester

Create a simple LAN with two PCs using an Ethernet hub/switch

Step 1: select a lab partner

Step 2: Obtain equipment and resources for the LAB

Equipment needed:

 2 workstation
 2 Ethernet cables (cat 6e)

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 1 switch
1. What type of connection is required for this type of network?
2. Prepare the cables for the network
3. Connect the workstation to hub/switch
a. Plug the hub or its AC adapter into a power outlet. Plug the cable
from the workstation into any port of the hub, except the first.
b. After the workstation have booted, check the green link light on the
back of each NIC and the green lights on the used ports of hub to
verify that there is a good physical connection between the hub and
the NIC in the workstations.
c. What is the probable cause if the link light is not on?
4. Check the TCP/IP protocol settings.
a. Use the control panel and double-click on network.
b. Select the TCP/IP protocol, which matches your NIC, from the
configuration tab
c. Click on properties, check the IP address and subnet mask for your
workstation on the IP address tab.
d. Since we are only making an internal network, an intranet, the IP
address can be set to just anything. For this lab, we will use the
address 200.150.100.0 and each workstation will use a different last
value for its host ID number. For example host 1 will be set to static
IP address 200.150.100.1
e. Set the default subnet mask on each workstation to 255.255.255.0
5. Check the network connection with the ping utility.
a. Click on start, Programs and then the MS-DOS Prompt.
b. Enter the ping command followed by the IP address of your own PC

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c. Report for the IP address of your neighbor. How was the result
different?

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