1. Examination assesses practical programming skills using object-oriented and procedural paradigms, primarily in Python, Java, or Visual Basic. 2. Tasks include writing, testing, and documenting programs to handle arrays, queues, trees, and file-based data storage with validation processes. 3. Specific objectives cover initializing and manipulating global arrays, implementing sorting algorithms, and designing binary search functions. 4. Advanced programming tasks involve creating classes, constructors, and methods for managing tree data with parameters like growth rate, dimensions, and leaf retention. 5. Validations and data handling include checking user inputs, computing check digits, and processing valid and invalid items using queues. 6. Evaluation requires documenting code, outputs, and evidence in a provided file named according to strict guidelines, with all solutions adhering to provided input and output formats.