Algorithms

What is the correct definition of an algorithm?

• An algorithm is a step by step instructions to solve a problem.
• An algorithm is a process of baking bread.
• An algorithm is a software used to compute numbers.
• An algorithm is the process of breaking problems.

Decomposition is a term used to define...

• The process of assigning value to a variable.
• The process of taking out unnecessary details from problems.
• The process of breaking down problems into smaller problems.
• The process of coding a problem.

What is a flowchart?

• A textual representation of algorithms.
• A graphical representation of algorithms.
• A cluster of different shapes.
• A program code written in Logo.

Abstraction is.....

• The process of drawing abstract pictures.
• The process of assigning values to variables.
• The process of breaking down problems.
• The process of removing unnecessary details from a problem.

What does this shape represent in flowchart?

• Start/Stop
• Decision
• Process
• Input/Output

The process carried out in computer systems is represented by _______________ in flowchart.

• Rectangle
• parallelogram 
• Square
• Diamond

What does this shape represent in flowchart?

• Input/Output
• Process
• Decision
• Start/Stop

What is pseudocode?

• Simplified programming language, that is not a specific language
• Complicated programming language
• Simple programming language, which is linked to a specific language
• A type of cheese

Which of these lists could be used for a Binary search?

• 1, 3, 6, 9, 14, 18

• 1, 5, 2, 8, 3, 9, 4

• Amy, Eric, Bob, Sam, Fred

• Amy, Bob, Eric, Fred, Sam

Which of the following is not a sorting algorithm?

• Bubble
• Insertion
• Binary
• Merge