Machine Graded Programming Test (MGPT)

(To be eligible for Diploma with Honours)

MGPT - the Machine Graded Programming Test is designed to test students’ programming ability starting from a problem statement and ending with a working program.

From the academic year 2010-2011, FPGDST course completion can lead to either a diploma or a diploma with honours. The difference between a diploma and a diploma with honours would be that the candidates who would have successfully completed MGPT would be eligible for a diploma with honours.

MGPTs are derived from the Programming Fundamentals module.

MGPTs test the ability to solve programming problems using the Java and C programming language and knowledge of data structures and algorithms covered in the module. A series of four MGPTs each for Java and C respectively will be offered through the course, each containing two problems.

In order to clear the MGPT requirement and thus be eligible for diploma with honours, a student must clear a minimum of 4 problems from the entire set of 8 MGPTs (16 Problems).

The MGPT requirement for the module has to be cleared in one batch. Partial results cannot be carried forward.

The structure of the MGPT is described in detail in Appendix-A of the Course Handbook.