Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬

Ministry of Higher Education ‫وزارة التعليم العالي‬

Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University ‫جامعة االميرة نورة بنت عبد الرحمن‬
College of Computer & Information Sciences ‫كلية علوم الحاسب والمعلومات‬

IS424 - Assignment#1

Your Name – your ID – section#

Assignment submission guidelines:

1. Write your name and ID number clearly at the top of the first page, along with the
homework number, and the section number,
2. Homework is due in-class on the assigned due date.
3. Late assignments will NOT be accepted.
4. Assignment must be printed on A4 papers, NOT handwritten.
5. Electronic submissions will not be accepted.
6. Please staple together your sheets.
7. Last date for Submission is on Wednesday 17th October (1-12-1433).

Question 1: For the following situation, draw a context-level diagram and a level-
0 data flow diagram. Kellogg State Bank provides car and home loans to its
banking customers. Initially, a potential loan customer meets with a Kellogg loan
officer, requests a loan for a certain amount and time frame, and completes a
loan application. Next, the loan officer determines the customer’s credit
standing, the type of loan required, and available interest rates. While the loan
officer can authorize car loans for credit worthy customers, a loan committee
must approve all home loans.

Question 2: A university wishes to increase security in its car park. It has been
decided to issue an
identity card to all employees. The cards record the employee’s name,
department and identity number.
A barrier, a card reader and a sensor are placed at the entrance of the car park.
The driver inserts the numbered card into the card reader. The card reader checks
the card number. If the number is valid, the reader sends a signal to raise the
barrier and the vehicle can enter the car park. The sensor sends a signal to the
barrier to lower when the vehicle has entered. There is a system at the exit with a
barrier which is raised when a car wishes to leave the car park. When there are no

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 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
Ministry of Higher Education ‫وزارة التعليم العالي‬
Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University ‫جامعة االميرة نورة بنت عبد الرحمن‬
College of Computer & Information Sciences ‫كلية علوم الحاسب والمعلومات‬

spaces in the car park a sign at the entrance displays “Full” and is only switched
off when a vehicle leaves.
Special visitors’ cards, which record a number and the current date, also permit
access to the car park. Visitors’ cards may be sent out in advance or collected
from reception. All visitors’ cards must be returned to the reception when the
visitor leaves the site so that they can be deleted from the list of valid cards.

(a) Draw a UML use case diagram for the university car park system.

(b) Write the flow of events for one of use cases .