Task

In this assignment, you are required to develop a simple Assessment Management System. The
system allows a user to add, search and delete the details of students and assignments. The main
program should first display a menu as follows. A user needs to select an operation from the
main menu.

=======================================================
Welcome to the Student and Assessment Management System
<A>add details of a student.
<I>insert assignment marks of a student
<S>search assessment marks for a student.
<Q>quit.
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Please select an option from the above:

If a user chooses the option <A> the program then asks them to enter a student ID, name, and
course one by one. Once all details for a student are entered it will display the student ID, name,
and course. Then the details of the student are added to the end of the students.txt file. Note that
the student ID should not be the same as those already exist in the txt file and the format of the
newly added record should be consistent with that of existing records.

Once the new record has been added, the system will then ask the user 'Do you want to enter
details for another student (Y/N)?'

 If they enter 'Y', the system will allow them to enter details for another student as before.
 If they enter 'N', the system will display the main menu again, otherwise, it will ask the
same question again.

A typical example of the display of the program (once a user chooses the option <A>) can be as
follows. Your program MUST follow the same display style.

Please enter the student ID: 11561234

Please enter the student name: Alan Parker
Please enter the course: MIT12

Thank You!

The details of the student you entered are as follows:

Student ID: 11561234
Student name: Alan Parker
Please enter the course: MIT12

The record has been successfully added to the students.txt file.

Do you want to enter details for another student (Y/N)? N
=================================================================
Welcome to the Student and Assessment Management System
<A>add details of a student.
<I>insert assignment marks of a student
<S>search assessment marks for a student.
<Q>quit.
=================================================================
Please select an option from the above:

After the operation, the students.txt file will have the following content after the details of Alan
Parker are entered.

If a user chooses the option <I> the program then asks them to enter a student ID, subject code,
assessment number and marks one by one. Once all details for a student are entered it will
display the student ID, subject code, assessment number and marks. Then the details of the
assessment marks are added to the end of the assessments.txt file. Note that an assessment marks
the record for a student should not be added if it already exists in the assessments.txt file and the
format of the newly added record should be consistent with that of existing records.

Once the new record has been added, the system will then ask the user 'Do you want to enter
marks for another assessment (Y/N)?'

 If they enter 'Y' the system will allow them to enter marks for another assessment as
before.
 If they enter 'N' the system will display the main menu again, otherwise, it will ask the
same question again.

A typical example of the display of the program (once a user chooses the option <A>) can be as
follows. Your program MUST follow the same display style.

Please enter the student ID: 11561234

Please enter the subject code: ITC558
Please enter the assessment number: 1
Please enter assessment marks: 95

Thank You!
The details of the student you entered are as follows:
Student ID: 11561234
Subject code: ITC558
Assessment number: 1
Assessment marks: 95

The record has been successfully added to the assessments.txt file.

Do you want to enter marks for another assessment (Y/N)? N

=================================================================
Welcome to the Student and Assessment Management System
<A>add details of a student.
<I>insert assignment marks of a student
<S>search assessment marks for a student.
<Q>quit.
=================================================================
Please select an option from the above:

After the operation, the assessments.txt file will have the following content after the marks of
ITC558 of 11561234 are entered.

If a user chooses the option <S> from the main menu then the program asks the user to enter the
student ID for whom they want to see details. To facilitate the search option you need to use an
appropriate data structure such as List or Dictionary. The program then collects the student
details from the students.txt file and assessment marks for that student from the assessments.txt
file and displays them as follows (assuming the following student was searched for).

Please enter the student ID you want to search assessment marks for: 11561234

Thank You!

A student has been found:

Student ID: 11561234
Student name: Alan Parker
Course: MIT12

Subject Code Assessment Number Marks

ITC558 1 95
Do you want to search assessment marks for another student (Y/N)? N

Note: if more assessment marks are found for different subjects of the same student, they should
be displayed one by one.

After displaying the assessment marks the program prompts the user with the following message,
'Do you want to search assessment marks for another student (Y/N)?'

 If a user enters 'Y' then the program asks them to enter the student ID for whom the
assessment marks need to be searched and displayed.
 If the user enters 'N' then the program displays the main menu, otherwise, the program
prompts the same message again.

Finally, the program quits if the user chooses the option <Q>.

Your program should be able to handle invalid inputs such as not-a-number or negative
ages, heights and weights.

You need to develop the system by completing the following three tasks:

Task 1 -

Draw flowchart/s that present the steps of the algorithm required to perform the task specified.

Task 2 -

Select six sets of test data that will demonstrate the 'normal' operation of your program; that is,
test data that will demonstrate what happens when a VALID input is entered. Select three sets of
test data that will demonstrate the 'abnormal' operation of your program. Note that all the three
features: Add, Insert and Search should be tested.

Set it out in a tabular form as follows: test data type, test data, the reason it was selected, the
output expected due to using the test data, and finally the output actually observed when the test
data is used. It is important that the output listings (i.e., screenshots) are not edited in any way.
 Test Data Table

Test The output expected The screenshot of the

The reason it was
data Test data due to the use of the test actual output when
selected
type data the test data are used

Many tend to use

lowercase instead of Output that would have
VALID ‘a’
uppercase for come out of ‘A’
choosing options.

002 To check records are Record should be added to

VALID Aditya being added to file. students.txt file
IT
There may be a It should not give error
018 space hit after some
SDS message instead trim the
VALID inputs like marks or
1 extra spaces and store the
IDs. It should not info.
“90 ” give error messages.

Details of student with

086 on Search To check search student ID – 086 and his
VALID
Marks marks functionality assessment marks must be
listed.

On hitting Y or y user must

be prompted to enter Id
Y or y To check loop again again to search marks.
VALID
N or n functionality
On hitting N or n user must
be returned to menu screen.

Simply to check if
VALID ‘Q’ menu options are Exit the application.
working.

086 To check no
abnormal SSY duplicate students Student already exists!
DIP are being added.
 Test Data Table

088 on insert To check no

abnormal assessment assessment record is Sorry! No such student
added for non- exists.
marks
existing student.
086 Marks entered
abnormal BTP should not be a Enter only postive number.
1 negative number.
-10
086
Check that Marks
abnormal BTP Enter a valid number.
1 entered is a number.
Fail

Task 3 -

Implement your algorithm in Python. Comment on your code as necessary to explain it clearly.

In addition, for this exercise, use multiple functions, instead of using a single function to do
everything. Create a good design of the functions to make the best use of the code and avoid
duplicate calculations. For example, you can have a function for calculating the weighted mark
of an assignment and the function can be used for calculating all weighted marks. Avoid
duplicate code.

You also need to design your program so that it has components that can be reused in another
program if needed. Handle exceptions appropriately. Use appropriate data structure.

Run your program using the test data you have selected and complete the test data table above.

Your submission will consist of:

1. Your algorithm through flowchart/s.

2. The table recording your chosen test data and results (it can be in a Word or PDF file)
3. Source code for your Python implementation
4. Use functions and list for write the program.
Rationale

This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

 be able to analyse the steps involved in a disciplined approach to problem-solving,
algorithm development and coding.
 be able to demonstrate and explain elements of good programming style.
 be able to identify, isolate and correct errors; and evaluate the corrections in all phases of
the programming process.
 be able to interpret and implement algorithms and program code.
 be able to apply sound program analysis, design, coding, debugging, testing and
documentation techniques to simple programming problems.
 be able to write code in an appropriate coding language.