Computing Revision JCG

Which piece in the coding language Scratch is an input piece?

• Motion pieces
• Sensing
• Control
• Looks

A VARIABLE is used in a computer program to ....

• Vary the amount of data
• To just store numbers
• A named memory location that stores an input
• To calculate the answer when two numbers are input

A Flow Chart is used to ...

• show where data is processed
• plan a logical process before writing computer code
• analyse a calculation
• make a pie chart

This symbol is used in Flow Charts to ...

• input information
• process inputs
• output information
• make a decision

This symbol is used in Flowcharts to ...

• input or output data
• calculate data
• stop a process
• start a process

The following symbol is used in Flow Charts to ...

• process information
• output information
• stop a process
• input information

Which of the following would not be used as a VARIABLE in a computer program, algorithm or flow chart?

• x
• hamlet
• 2
• num1

Who invented the world's first digital pocket calculator?

• Sir Alex Ferguson
• Charles Babbage
• Sir Clive Sinclair
• Ada Lovelace

The following code would

• set the variable "a" to whatever is stored in "answer"
• add whatever is stored in "answer" to the variable "a"
• output the number 7
• repeat forever

This coding piece would ...

• add 2 numbers and output the answer
• add two numbers together that are stored in varaiables NUM1 and NUM2 and store the answer in variable a
• say "hello"
• add NUM1 and NUM2 together and output the result