Q6.

Part of a program written in VB.Net is shown below.

Dim validChoice As Boolean

Dim choice As Integer
validChoice = False
While validChoice = False
Console.Write("Enter your choice [1 - 10] ")
choice = Console.ReadLine()
If choice >= 1 And choice <= 10 Then
validChoice = True
Else
Console.WriteLine("Invalid choice")
End If
End While
Console.WriteLine("Valid choice")

Complete the following test plan for the code shown above.

Test type Test data Expected result

Valid choice message

Normal data 5
displayed

Invalid data

Boundary
data
(Total 2 marks)

Q7.
The algorithm below, expressed in pseudo-code, allows three users to log in to a
computer program with individual usernames and passwords.

• For this algorithm, array indexing starts at 0.

• Line numbers are included, but are not part of the algorithm.

01 userlist ← [ 'Rachel', 'Sam', 'Tracey' ]

02 passlist ←
[ '49Class', 'Smile', 'b1K3' ]
03 REPEAT
04 OUTPUT 'Enter Username'
05 username ← USERINPUT
06 OUTPUT 'Enter Password'
07 password ← USERINPUT
08 validlogin ← False
09 FOR usernum ← 0 TO
2
10 IF username = userlist[usernum]
11 AND password = passlist[usernum] THEN
12 validlogin ← True
13 ENDIF
14 ENDFOR
15 UNTIL validlogin = True
16 OUTPUT 'Login Successful'

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The valid usernames and passwords are listed below.

Username Password

Rachel 49Class

Sam Smile

Tracey b1K3

(a) Shade in one lozenge in each row of the table below to indicate the most
appropriate data type to use for each listed Variable from the algorithm, when the
algorithm is implemented in a programming language.

Most appropriate data type (shade one lozenge per row)

Variable Integer Real Boolean Character String

password

validlogin

usernum

(3)

(b) It is suggested that line 09 of the algorithm is replaced with the following line:

FOR usernum ← 0 TO LEN(userlist)

The function LEN returns the number of items that are stored in the array that is
passed to it as a parameter.

Explain why using the LEN function would make the algorithm more flexible and why
the suggested replacement line would not work as it is.
as array indexing begins at 0,
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must change line to FOR usernum
<= 0 TO LEN(userlist) - 1,
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otherwise index would try to
access an element outside of the
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array. LEN function allows to
iterate over arrays of varying
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length
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(3)

(c) It is suggested that lines 08 to 14 of the algorithm are replaced with the following
lines:

FOR usernum ← 0 TO 2
IF username = userlist[usernum]
AND password = passlist[usernum] THEN
validlogin ← True
ELSE
validlogin ← False

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 ENDIF
ENDFOR

Explain why making this replacement would mean that the algorithm no longer
worked.

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(3)

(d) State which of the three passwords listed in the table above is the least secure and
explain why this is the case.
Smile
Which password:____________________________________________________

Why least secure:___________________________________________________

only uses letters, no numbers or
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special characters used
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(2)
(Total 11 marks)

Q8.

The pseudocode below is written to make sure that the user enters a value within a given
range.

inp ← USERINPUT
WHILE inp ≤ 0 OR inp ≥ 10
OUTPUT "not in range"
inp ← USERINPUT
ENDWHILE

(a) (i) Tick the set of test data that is the most appropriate to check that the code
works as expected.

Tick one
Test data
box
−1, 0, 9, 10

0, 1, 10, 11

−1, 0, 10, 11

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 0, 1, 9, 10

(1)

(ii) Why is the set of test data that you have chosen in part (i) likely to be enough
to show that the code above works as expected?
only tests boundary data
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(1)

(b) Develop an algorithm using pseudocode or a flowchart that asks the user to create
a new password.

The algorithm should:

• get the user to enter a password

• get the user to re-enter the password
• repeat the two bullet points above until both entered passwords are identical
• output "password created" when they are identical.

pass1 <= USERINPUT

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pass2 <= USERINPUT
WHILE pass1 != pass2
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pass1 <= USERINPUT
pass2 <= USERINPUT
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OUTPUT 'password created'
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(5)

(c) State two possible weaknesses of the passwords that this algorithm would accept.
password that could be too short
1. _________________________________________________________________

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allows passwords that are the

2. _________________________________________________________________
same as the username
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(2)
(Total 9 marks)

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