Level 6 Graduate Diploma in Engineering (9210-01) - City & Guilds

Unit 120 Computer programming and information
systems
Assessment Criteria
Outcome 1 Develop an understanding of the basic concepts of
computing
The learner can:
1. Draw a block diagram of a computer and identify components of a computer system.
2. Describe the hardware and software aspects of a computer.
3. Explain the categories of an operating system and applications - booting, installing and
uninstalling software, software piracy and software terminologies.
4. Describe applications of computers and their role of information technology.
5. Explain the history of the internet and internet services.
Range
History
Original computer/terminal model, moving to the PC / local storage model, moving to the Internet /
cloud computing model
Outcome 2 Learn the methodology of problem solving
The learner can:
1. Illustrate problem solving techniques; the concept of a computer program.
2. Describe the program development cycle; algorithms and design.
3. Draw flow charts.
4. Develop program control structures.
5. Describe types and generation of programming languages.
6. Develop algorithms for simple problems.
Range
Types
Assembler/machine code, compiled, object-oriented abstracted languages
Outcome 3 Develop skills in programming using C language
The learner can:
1. Write a simple program in C language.
2. Describe operators and expressions.
3. Describe Input and Output Functions: - Simple computational problems and decision making.
4. Use control statements; branching, looping, nested control structures, switch, break, continue,
and ‘go to’ statements.
5. Write programs for problems using control structures.
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