Kuwait University 
                            College of Life Sciences 
                        Department of Information Science 
                  
                  
                                 
                        
                  
                      Lab Manual 
                  
                 ISC 115 Computing Foundations 
                 
                 
                            Prepared by 
                  Professor Mostafa Abd-El-Barr 
                       Dr. Mariam Al-Otaibi 
                        Eng. Aisha Al-Noori 
                 
                 
                 
                            Revised 2018 
                                                                                                Table of Contents 
                                Laboratory Hardware and Software/Tools Requirements ............................................................................. 3 
                                 Laboratory Schedule ..................................................................................................................................... 4 
                                 Laboratory Policy .......................................................................................................................................... 5 
                                 Laboratory Grading Policy ............................................................................................................................ 6 
                                 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 7 
                                 Familiarity with Lab Hardware and Software tools ...................................................................................... 7 
                                 Laboratory Tools Setup ................................................................................................................................. 8 
                                 Laboratory #1 – Introduction & Input/Output Statements ............................................................................ 9 
                                 Laboratory #2– C++ Variables, Constant & Operators .............................................................................. 13 
                                 Laboratory #3 – Control Structures I .......................................................................................................... 16 
                                 Laboratory #4 – Control Structures II ......................................................................................................... 18 
                                 Laboratory #5 – Arrays I ............................................................................................................................. 21 
                                 Laboratory #6 – Arrays II ........................................................................................................................... 24 
                                 Laboratory #7– Functions ........................................................................................................................... 26 
                                         Example: A program that converts a temperature in Celsius into Fahrenheit ..................................... 27 
                                         Scope of variables ............................................................................................................................... 28 
                                 Laboratory #8 – Applications I ................................................................................................................... 30 
                                 Laboratory #9 – Applications II .................................................................................................................. 32 
                                 Laboratory #10– Applications III ............................................................................................................... 33 
                                 Appendix A: Rules to follow by Computer Lab Users ...............................................................................
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                                 Appendix B: Endorsement .......................................................................................................................... 36 
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                                Laboratory Hardware and Software/Tools Requirements 
                                In this lab the students will be using Dev C++. 
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                                                                                                        Laboratory Schedule 
                              
                                      #  Lab Title                                                                                                                                                      Lab activity 
                                      1  Introduction & Input/Output Statements                                                                                                                         Exercise # 1 
                                      2  Variables, Constant & Operators                                                                                                                                Exercise # 2 
                                      3  Control Structures (I)                                                                                                                                         Exercise # 3 
                                      4  Control Structures (II)                                                                                                                                        Exercise # 4 
                                      5  Arrays I                                                                                                                                                       Exercise # 5 
                                      6  Arrays II                                                                                                                                                      Exercise # 6 
                                      7  Functions                                                                                                                                                      Exercise # 7 
                                      8  Applications I: C++ Program for Simple Statistical Applications                                                                                                Exercise # 8 
                                      9  Applications II: C++ Program to Compute a Finite Series                                                                                                        Exercise # 9 
                                    10  Applications III: C++ Program for Matrix Applications                                                                                                         Exercise # 10 
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