DCS1101 - Week 4 (Conditions)

Week 4 - Conditions

Making decisions and program flow

Draw

Last week, we used flowcharts. Which symbol represents a process?

Poll

When you make a decision, do you always have all the information you need?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Can a good decision still lead to a bad outcome?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

How do you usually decide what to do when you are unsure?

Multiple Choice

According to the video, what defines a good decision?

• The result is always successful

• The decision uses available information logically

• The decision avoids risk completely

• The decision avoids risk completely

Multiple Choice

Why is long-term thinking important in programming?

• Code never changes

• One mistake ends a program

• Programs run only once

• Learning improves through repeated decisions and fixes

Open Ended

How is decision-making in poker similar to decision-making in a program?

Open Ended

What happens if a program is missing important information?

Multiple Choice

In a problem analysis chart, where do decisions usually belong — input, process, or output?

• process
• output
• input

Multiple Choice

What is the result of this expression?

10 < 5

• false
• true
• 5 < 10
• 10 > 5

Open Ended

If marks = 45, what will be printed?

if (marks >= 50)

cout << "Pass";

else

cout << "Fail";

Open Ended

Why might one condition not be enough in real-life problems?

Open Ended

What decision can your program make today that it could not make yesterday?