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ASSESSMENT BRIEF
COURSE: Bachelor of IT
Unit Code: DSAA204
Unit Title: Data Structure and Algorithms
Type of Assessment: Task 3- Individual Report
Length/Duration: Word limit- 2000 words
Unit Learning Outcomes
addressed:
a) Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of data structures and
algorithms;
) Demonstrate reasoning about efficiency of algorithms;
c) Assess and apply suitable recursive data structures and algorithms to IT
systems and applications.
Submission Date: To be submitted in week 11
Assessment Task:
The assessment is about a design of a system using OOP.
Total Mark: 20 Marks
Weighting: 20%
Students are advised that submission of an Assessment Task past the due date without a formally signed
approved Assignment Extension Form (Kent Website MyKent Student Link> FORM – Assignment Extension
Application Form – Student Login Required) or previously approved application for other extenuating
circumstances impacting course of study, incurs a 5% penalty per calendar day,
calculated by deduction from the total mark.
For example. An Assessment Task marked out of 40 will incur a 2 mark penalty for each calendar day.
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ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION:
This assessment is an individual report about the design of an OOP system using Data Structures and
Algorithms. The report should follow the following structure using the actual case study that will be available
on Moodle (in assessment section) by week 8.
1. Title Page
2. Executive Summary
3. Introduction
4. Background
5. Case Study and the Design
5.1 Variables, Ranges and Keys
5.2 Operations and the Justification
5.3 Algorithms and the Justification
5.4 Modifications
6. Conclusion
7. References
ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION:
The assignment must be submitted online in Moodle. All materials MUST be submitted electronically in
Microsoft Word format. Other formats (e.g., pdf or MAC file) may not be readable by markers. Please be aware
that any assessments submitted in other formats will be considered LATE and will lose marks until it is presented
in MS Word. No paper based or hardcopy submission will be accepted.
MARKING GUIDE (RUBRIC):
Marking Criteria Lecturer Expectation Marks Comments
Choice of Variables, Keys and
anges
The understanding of various
data types and importance of
choosing the right variables and
anges
2
Justification of Variables, Keys and
Ranges choice
2
Specification of Operations
Identifying operations that are
equired by the system to
function properly. The choice of
appropriate algorithm so that
data can be efficiently searched
and sorted.
4
Choice of Algorithms for every
Operation
5
Justification of Algorithms
3
Any modifications required
How making systems scalable
needs changes in the choice of
variables and algorithms so that
efficiency is not compromised
4
Total 20
GENERAL NOTES FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS
Content for Assessment Task papers should incorporate a formal introduction, main points and conclusion.
Appropriate academic writing and referencing are inevitable academic skills that you must develop and
demonstrate in work being presented for assessment. The content of high quality work presented by a student
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must be fully referenced within-text citations and a Reference List at the end. Kent strongly recommends you
efer to the Academic Learning Support Workshop materials available on the Kent Learning Management System
(Moodle). For details please click the link http:
moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/mod/folde
view.php?id=3606
and download the file titled “Harvard Referencing Workbook”. This Moodle Site is the location for Workbooks
and information that are presented to Kent Students in the ALS Workshops conducted at the beginning of each
Trimester.
Kent recommends a minimum of FIVE (5) references in work being presented for assessment. Unless otherwise
specifically instructed by your Lecturer or as detailed in the Unit Outline for the specific Assessment Task, any
paper with less than five (5) references may be deemed not meeting a satisfactory standard and possibly be failed.
Content in Assessment tasks that includes sources that are not properly referenced according to the “Harvard
Referencing Workbook” will be penalised.
Marks will be deducted for failure to adhere to the word count if this is specifically stated for the Assessment Task
in the Unit Outline. As a general rule there is an allowable discretionary variance to the word count in that it is
generally accepted that a student may go over or under by 10% than the stated length.
GENERAL NOTES FOR REFERENCING
References are assessed for their quality. Students should draw on quality academic sources, such as books,
chapters from edited books, journals etc. The textbook for the Unit of study can be used as a reference, but not
the