Python Basics 3

What is a variable?

• A box(memory location) where you store values

• A type of command

• Data type

• A type of memory

How do you insert COMMENTS in Python code?

• #This is a comment

• //This is a comment

• /*This is a comment*/

• %This is a comment

Picking out the important bits of information from the problem, ignoring the specific details that don't matter is.....

• Decomposition

• Abstraction

• Programming

• Algorithmic Thinking

Breaking a complex problem down into smaller problems and solving each one individually is .....

• Decomposition

• Abstraction

• Programming

• Algorithmic Thinking

Why do we need to think computationally?

• To help us program

• To help us solve complex problems more easily

• To help us to think like a computer

• So that we can understand computers better

Which of the following is NOT a computational thinking technique?

• Decomposition

• Abstraction

• Coding

• Pattern recognition

What is the correct definition of an algorithm?

• An algorithm is a set of step by step instructions to solve a problem.

• An algorithm is a computer program

• An algorithm is a software used to compute numbers.

• An algorithm is the process of breaking problems down into smaller problems

Which is the following is not a core programming principle?

• Irritation

• Iteration

• Sequence

• Selection

Selection is done in Python using.....

• if..elif..else

• for loop

• while loop

• input

A function or procedure in Python is started with which keyword?

• def

• function

• proc

• start