Faculty of Engineering

EXAMINATION FEEDBACK FORM

Module Code:
F40ECM
Module Title: Computer Methods
Credits: 10
Semester: I 2016/2017 (Final Exam)
Module Convenor(s):
Yong Su Ting
Comments on individual questions in which students’ performance could have been improved and
suggested strategies for improving performance in the future

Section A: Multiple Choice Question

Most of the students did well in section A. Approximately 50% of the students could not answer the
following questions.

Q1 MATLAB is a special-purpose computer program to perform engineering and scientific calculations. The
MATLAB program is a combination of:
i. IDE
ii. Rich set of functions
iii. Procedural programming language
Q8 The lookfor command differs from the help command in that the help command searches for an exact
function name match, whereas the lookfor command searches the quick summary information in each
function for a match. This makes lookfor slower than help.
Q13 The following statements are TRUE.
 Vector is an array with only one dimension.
 Scalars are treated as arrays by MATLAB.
 An array is a collection of data values organised into rows and columns.
 Matrix is an array with two or more dimensions.
Q32 Expression: 4 > 10 && -2 < 5
4>10 is False. Thus, shortcut evaluation (&&) is performed. The expression will return a False.

Most of the students did well in section B too. However, some students could not demonstrate their skills
in writing a MATAB function and input/output program.

General comments about technique

In general, students did well in both Section A and Section B. The highest score obtained is 99%.

Suggestion for improvement: Focus on function, nested-loop and selection statements.

Notes

The Faculty policy is that all module convenors should provide a generic examination feedback report for
each module to the relevant group of students using the above template. The feedback should:

(a) highlight examination questions on which students’ performance could be improved and suggest
strategies for improving performance in the future;
(b) give general comments about technique.

The information should be provided by the date of the Examiners’ Meeting that considers the results at the
end of the relevant semester, so that it is available to students when they receive their marks. The normal
mode of delivery will be in pdf format via the U: drive.