INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (A Level)

EU Games

Brief

The European Union is introducing a new sports festival for its member countries. A system is required for the scorers that will enable them to enter the results for each individual event or race, and automatically maintain a medals table.

Specifications

The system must consists of at least the following two screens, and be macro driven so that the user does not have to search through the menus for the required operation:

  • An events screen, into which the user enters details of each competitor
  • A medals screen, which shows the number of bronze, silver and gold medals won by each country.

Events

The events screen will take the details of up to six competitors, with no more than one from each member country. The user must be able to enter the competitors’ times or number of points, and the system will calculate which country's competitors have won medals.

The minimum specification for the Events screen would contain the following:

  • Space to type in the competitors' names
  • Space to enter the competitor's nationality. There should be a facility to check that only the 15 EU member countries can be entered
  • Space to enter the number of points or the competitor’s time for each event
  • The user should be able to select the order in which the competitors are to be ranked, i.e. whether it is a time that is being entered (in which case the lowest value takes the gold medal) or a number of points (in which case the highest value takes wins)
  • A way of showing which competitors take which medals
  • A button to add the medals to the medals table
  • A button to clear the screen

Medals

The Medals screen would show a medals table for the countries and should contain the following:

  • A list of the 15 member countries
  • The numbers of gold, silver and bronze medals that each country has, together with totals for each type of medal
  • The number of points each country has accrued, based on the following scoring system:

Medal / Points
Gold / 3
Silver / 2
Bronze / 1
  • A button to rank the countries according to the number of points they have
  • A button to clear the medal totals from the screen

Miscellaneous

Your system may contain extra screens, such as menu screens, if you wish.

The 15 member countries of the European Union are:

  • Greece
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  • Spain
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  • Luxembourg

  • France
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  • Portugal
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  • Austria

  • Sweden
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  • Belgium
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  • Finland

  • United Kingdom
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  • Netherlands
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  • Italy

  • Ireland
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  • Denmark
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  • Germany


EU Games