Important Guidelines Before You Begin

This document is an example coding test designed to give you a general idea of
what you may encounter in the actual assessment. It is important to
emphasize that this is only a simplified illustration. Please keep in mind:

1. The real coding test contains more questions.

2. The real coding test includes more groups.

3. The real coding test covers a broader range of topics.

4. The real coding test features questions with different levels of difficulty.
Completing this example does not guarantee success in the real test. You
are expected to study all material taught throughout the semester, and not
only the subset of topics that are present in this example test.

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 Example Coding Test
Computation I/ Introduction To Programming
December 2025
Version A

Read the following instructions carefully:

1. Write your full name, student number and course at the end of this page in a clear
and readable manner.

2. Anonymous Tests or tests where the student name is not readable will not be evaluated.

3. The coding test has a duration of 2 hours. The ending time of the test will be written
by the professor on the board before the test begins.

4. The mark allocated to each question is indicated within the question.

5. If the professor is unable to read a student’s answer due to poor handwriting or disor-
ganized code, the question will be marked incorrect. It is the student’s responsibility
to present their work clearly and legibly.

6. All answers must be written on the pages of this document. No other paper or do-
cument will be evaluated unless it is previously approved and signed by one of the
professors.

7. No documents (books, notes, etc...) are allowed to be used during the exam (nor
computers, smart watches or phones).

8. Students are not allowed to communicate with one another during the test. Any
suspected exchange of information will result in the exam being annulled for both
students.

9. All phones must be turned off before the beginning of the test. Students are not
allowed to have their phones in their possession even if turned off. Same applies for
smart watches and other digital devices, documents or notes.

10. The breaking of any of the previously mentioned rules will cause for you to be expelled
from the room, invalidating the coding test and the necessary disciplinary measures
will be applied.

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Student number:
Practical class: P

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 Group 1
X points: X point for each question.
Make sure you write your answer inside the designated Answer Area. If
you need to use a Continuation box, pay close attention to indentation and
ensure that your indentation level is clear and consistent. Note that within
the same group, the code is continuous across questions — for example, you
may use in Question 2 a variable that was created in Question 1.

1. (X points) Develop a computer program that repeatedly prompts the user to enter
a string. The program should continue requesting input until the user provides a
string in which the number of letters in odd alphabet positions equals the number
of letters in even alphabet positions. After a valid string is inserted, the program
prints the string reversed. You may determine whether a letter is odd or even based
on its position in the alphabet: for example, A is 1 (odd), B is 2 (even), and so on.
Create a list named letters containing all the letters of the alphabet to use in this
exercise. You may create any auxiliary variables you consider necessary.

For instance, if the user enters the word abab, the program should immediately
output baba. However, if the user enters the word Acre, the program must request
a new string (and continue doing so until a valid string is provided).

Answer Area Question I

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Answer Area Question I (Continuation)

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 2. (X points) Define a function named matrix_charm. This function takes a string as
input and returns a matrix satisfying the following conditions:
• The number of rows is given by the index of the last even letter in the string.
• The number of columns is given by the index of the last odd letter in the string.
• The matrix should be filled with random values between 10 and 100.
• If either the number of rows or the number of columns cannot be determined
because the string contains no even or no odd letters, then the corresponding
value should default to 4.
An example of the output on console can be found below:
Insert a word: cat
Not good enough... Insert another word: xYz
Not good enough... Insert another word: abEcd
Your word was accepted.

Resulting matrix:
[[73, 41, 98],
[56, 87, 65],
[44, 12, 77],
[83, 55, 19]]
Since the last even letter is ’d’ at index 4, the matrix has 4 rows. Since the last odd
letter is ’c’ at index 3, the matrix has 3 columns.

Answer Area Question II

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Answer Area Question II (Continuation)

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 3. (X points) Ask the user to enter their favourite word. Then create a matrix, m, by
calling the matrix_charm function and using the user’s favourite word as its input.

Answer Area Question III

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 4. (X points) Create a matrix user_m by asking the user to fill it with integer values of
their choice. The matrix user_m must have the same shape as the previously created
matrix m. The program should not proceed until the user provides a matrix for which
the determinant, multiplied by the highest value in the first row, is greater than 100.

For example, if the user provides the following matrix, the program will say it is
invalid and ask again:
 
2 1
user_m =
3 2

The program continues requesting a new matrix until the user provides a valid one,
such as:
 
50 2
user_m =
1 3

Answer Area Question IV

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Answer Area Question IV (Continuation)

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 5. (X points) Create a matrix result where each entry is obtained by adding the
values of m and user_m in the corresponding positions, and then dividing this sum
by the number of even numbers in the m matrix multiplied by the sum of all the
elements located in columns whose index is greater than the number of rows in
user_m.

For example,    
4 7 3 8 1 3 2 1
m = 2 9 5 6 user_m = 5 2 3 4
6 1 4 2 4 8 1 2

Even numbers in m: 6
Sum of values in columns with index > 2 in user_m: 7
Denominator: 6 × 7 = 42
 
5 10 5 9
m + user_m =  7 11 8 10
10 9 5 4

5 10 5 9
 
42 42 42 42
7 11 8 10 
result = 
42 42 42 42
10 9 5 4
42 42 42 42

Answer Area Question V

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Answer Area Question V (Continuation)

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