QUESTION 1 : Scenario Description (hand-written answer required) [6] See page 2 for guidelines

Describe a real-life organizational context or real life scenario wherein you'll apply the various concepts of ACP. This is your problem definition that highlights the business functions/operations which translate into various software application features, including details that will map on to the problems described in Q#2.

NOTE: Scenarios of your own making will earn you marks - copied from external resources will not.

QUESTION 2 : Target Problems/Situations where Specific ACP Techniques Apply 3 x 6 [18] (hand-written answer required) See page 2 for guidelines

Identify six distinct problems/situations within the above scenario which require the application of one of the following concepts/techniques to handle.

i. Concurrency & Synchronization

ii. Polymorphism

iii. Java Interfaces

iv. Regex

v. JDBC

vi. Generic Collections

QUESTION 3 : IMPLEMENTATION (CODING).

Provide six code-listings implementing the six ACP concepts/techniques listed above to solve or handle the six problems/situations identified in Q#2. Provide adequate comments in the code to explain what task is being performed. Your code should map on to the six problem elements identified in Q#2. Collectively, the six listings make up a Java application.

ADDITIONAL INFO/GUIDELINES

I. DEVISING A PROBLEM SCENARIO

Example problem scenarios/contexts for which an ACP based software applications might need to be developed include:

- A hospital

- An educational institution

- A retail business chain

- A consumer goods distribution network

- A security services organization's operations

Or any other organizational scenario wherein certain business and financial transactions or important events take place and relevant data is recorded e.g.,

o a sales person recording new sales

o a university clerk recording student or exam related data o a hospital staff recording patient related information

o Security services personnel recording an incident [10] o A Motorway Police Officer recording traffic updates

Etc.

II. APPLICATION OF CONCEPTS

EXAMPLE: Multiple sales-persons trying to update a single sales_record file or table represents a scenario that requires the use of synchronization to prevent data corruption.