National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

FAST School of Computing Fall-2023 Islamabad Campus

Serial No:
CS-1002: Programming Final Exam
Fundamentals Lab Total Time: 3 Hours
Total Marks: 100

Wednesday, 3rd January, 2024

Course Instructor ________________
Signature of Invigilator
Ammar Masood

____________________ ____________ _____________ _________________

Student Name Roll No. Course Section Student Signature

DO NOT OPEN THE QUESTION BOOK OR START UNTIL INSTRUCTED.

Instructions:
1. Attempt the questions on the provided system. Attempt all of them. Read the question
carefully, understand the question, and then attempt it. Write two lines of PF Lab feedback
on page 2 to get a bonus of two marks. Write clean code, correct indentation & make use of
good programming practices. “THINK MORE CODE LESS”
2. After being asked to commence the exam, please verify that you have nine (9) different
printed pages including this title page. There are a total of 4 questions.
3. Please make sure to submit a zipped folder(.zip) named yourRollNumber (23xxxx).
Please note that there is NO dash(-) and alphabet(i) in the folder name. The folder
should contain only .cpp files. The questions must be named as q1.cpp, q2.cpp…
4. Submission will only be accepted on Google Classroom. Failure to submit according to
submission guidelines will result in deduction of 20% marks in your section Tab.
5. Late submission will not be accepted.
6. Please note that you have to write the submission time at GCR on the front page of the
question paper.

Q-1 Q-2 Q-3 Q-4 Total

Marks
Obtained
Total
25 25 25 25 100
Marks
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Question 1 [25 Marks]

Question: Write a C++ function to draw the following pattern using loop(s). YOU MUST FOLLOW
THE FOLLOWING STEPS
1. Make a function named “pattern” that takes two integer arguments i.e waveLength &
waveHeight. The function will print the pattern.

void function1(int waveLength,int waveHeight)

2. Your main function should look like the following.

int main(){
for (int i = 3, j= 3; i<=8; i++,j+=2){
cout<< "length="<< i << " & height=" << j << endl;
pattern(i,j);
cout<<endl;
}
}
3. The output should look like this, if it’s 100% correct mark yourself 25/25 otherwise
0/25. Even an error of a single character will be considered incorrect. If you mark
yourself fairly you will get 1.5 marks.

Student’s Evaluation For Examiner Use Only

(Encircle your option)

25 zero 26.5 25 1.5 0

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Question 2 [25 Marks]

Question: Write a C++ function signature as void magicSquare(const integer sqaureDimension) for
generating magic squares of any odd size. Call this function 4 times in the main function by passing
arguments 3,5,7 & 9 respectively.

An 3x3 normal magic square is an arrangement of the numbers 1, 2, 3, ... n2 in a square array, with
the property that the sum of every row and column, as well as both diagonals, is the same number.
An example of a 3x3 normal magic square is

618
753
294

You can verify that each of the three rows, the three columns, and the two diagonals add to 15.
Algorithm: To build a magic square we will be using Loubere's algorithm which is as follows:

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You need to RUN your function for arguments = 3,5,7,9

dimension = 3 dimension = 5
816 17 24 1 8 15
23 5 7 14 16
357 4 6 13 20 22
492 10 12 19 21 3
11 18 25 2 9

dimension = 7 dimension = 9
30 39 48 1 10 19 28 47 58 69 80 1 12 23 34 45
38 47 7 9 18 27 29 57 68 79 9 11 22 33 44 46
46 6 8 17 26 35 37 67 78 8 10 21 32 43 54 56
5 14 16 25 34 36 45 77 7 18 20 31 42 53 55 66
13 15 24 33 42 44 4 6 17 19 30 41 52 63 65 76
21 23 32 41 43 3 12 16 27 29 40 51 62 64 75 5
22 31 40 49 2 11 20 26 28 39 50 61 72 74 4 15
36 38 49 60 71 73 3 14 25
37 48 59 70 81 2 13 24 35

The output should look like this, if it’s 100% correct mark yourself 25/25 otherwise 0/25. Even an
error of a single digit will be considered incorrect. If you mark yourself fairly you will get a 1.5
marks bonus.

Student’s Evaluation For Examiner Use Only

(Encircle your option)

25 zero 26.5 25 1.5 0

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Question 3 [25 Marks]

Question: You are tasked with developing a simple user registration and login system in C++.

● Implement a displayMenu() function that has the following menu options. This
displayMenu() will be called repeat in the main function until the user exits the
program.

❖ Press 1 to Register => registerUser function should be called by pressing

1
❖ Press 2 to Login => LoginUser function should be called by pressing 2
❖ Press 3 to Exit => It will terminate the displayMenu() function call

● Implement a registerUser() function that will ask the user to enter his name, email,
username, password, and age. After taking an input, call the isPasswordStrong(string)
to validate if the password is strong or not. If the password is strong, the registration
details should be stored in a text file with the given format. For example if I enter my
name then “ammar.txt” file will be created with all the entered information. Similarly, if
I register another user a new file for example “ahmed.txt” will be created containing
user info according to the following format.

ammar.txt

name:ammar
age:24
email:[email protected]
username:ammar_user
password:12am34

● Implement a password validation C++ function isPasswordStrong(string) for a user

registration system. The password must adhere to the following criteria.
❖ At least 8 characters long.
❖ Contains a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters.
❖ Includes at least one numeric digit.
❖ Contains at least one special character (e.g., @, #, $, %).
● LoginUser() can let users log in by entering their name, username and password. If the
entered credentials match the data stored in the text file, display all the user
details.There is no need for input validation.

For Examiner Use only

Code Indentation & Readability (complete ) 3

Correctness (complete program) 12

Implementation (1+3+3+3) 10

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Question 4 [25 Marks]

Question: Write a C++ function named replaceSubstring(string,string,string) that takes three

strings (sentence, find, replace), replaces a Find substring with a Replace substring and creates
& displays a new string. For example:
There is no need to take an input, just call the functions with hardcoded arguments.

String: “I am Pakistani so I support the Pakistani Cricket team in Pak-India matches.”

Find Substring: Pak
Replace Substring: Afghan
New String: “I am Afghanistani so I support Afghanistani Cricket team in Afghan-India
matches.”

String: “I am Pakistani so I support Pakistani Cricket team in Pak-India matches.”

Find Substring: Pakii
Replace Substring: Afghan
New String: “I am Pakistani so I support Pakistani Cricket team in Pak-India matches.” (as
Pakii does not exist in the string).

For Examiner Use only

Code Indentation & Readability (complete program) 3

Correctness (complete program) 14

Implementation 8

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