Programming - What Do I Know?

What is a variable for?

• Holding information

• Checking a condition

• Adding some text

• Changing the code

What is syntax?

• The text editor we use to write code

• The rules we follow when we write code so the computer can understand it.

• The way we type so we can get the code written quickly.

• How long the computer thinks before it can write a new line of code.

How would I finish this line of code to accept input from a user?

myAge = .......

• input("What is your age?")

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• input(int("What is your age?"))

• int(input("What is your age?"))

Why do we comment code?

• To look good

• To tell other people what our code means in plain English

• To help the computer understand what we want the code to do.

• The computer reads it and can help fill in information.

What is the missing word in this code?

• input

• int

• print

• "Your name"

What does the symbol ">=" mean in an if statement?

• Less than or equal to

• Less than

• Greater than

• Greater than or equal to

What would the above code print?

• Your first name is not John but it is Smith

• Your first name is not, Smith, but it is, John

• Your first name is not lastName but it is name

• Your first name is not Smith but it is John

What would the above code print out?

• You are a giant!

• You are a normal height

• Oh no, are you shrinking?

• Nothing

A diagrammatic representation of an algorithm is called a...

• code chart

• code diagram

• flowchart

• algorithm chart

Which line of code has an error that would stop it from running

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