Baseline Test

Which of the following would insruct a robot to draw a square with sides of 3 units?

• Forward 3, right turn 90, forward 3, right turn 90. Forward 3, Right turn 90, Forward 3, right turn 90

• move 3, turn 90, move 5, turn 90, move 5, turn 90 move 3, turn 90, move 3

• forward 3, forward 3, right turn, right turn, forward 3, right turn, forward 3

• forward 3, turn right, forward 3, turn left, forward 3, turn right, forward 3

A crane is unloading containers from a cargo ship. The crane operator can perform operations described in this list.

(PU) Pick up container

(SC) If there are still containers on the ship

(MF) Move crane over free space

(LP) Loop to check again

(MC) Move crane over container

(PD) Put down container

Which order of steps will the crane operator need to follow, to unload the ship

• MC,MF,LP,PD,PU,SC

• SC,MC,PU,MF,PD,LP

• PU,LP,MC,PD,SC,MF

• MC,PU,MF,PD,SC,LP

Computers need instructions to function. Which one of these instructions would be bad if used for instructing a robot in a maze?

• Move forward until touching a wall

• Move through the maze to the end

• turn right

• stop

Computers need instructions to function. Which three of these instructions would be good if used for instructing a robot in a maze?

• Move forward until touching a wall

• Move through the maze to the end

• turn right

• stop

A teacher is separating his class into groups by age, those 12 years or above and those less than 12 years old. The image shows four different algorithms for describing how the teacher might do this.

Which algorithm will most efficiently sort the class?

• while there are more pupils

  if pupil age is >=12 years

  put pupil into ABOVE group

  else

  put pupil into Below group

  end while

• while there are more pupils

  if pupil age is = 12 years

  put pupil into ABOVE group

  end while

• if pupil age is >= 12 years

  put pupil into Above group

  end if

  if pupil age is < 12 years

  put pupil into BELOW group

  end if

• while there are more pupils

  if pupil age is >= 12 years

  put pupil into ABOVE group

  end if

  if pupil age is < 12 years

  put pupil into BELOW group

  end if

  end while

Which of the following best matches the meaning of the word ‘digital’

• Only the digits 0 - 9

• Any number made up of the digits 0 - 9

• Able to be stored on a computing device

• Able to be found on the World Wide Web

^{A grandfather’s favourite hobby is trains. He has a miniature train set-up in his garage, complete with buildings, mountains, and stations.}

^{Which of these are digital content?}

• A sound recording on a CD, which he plays when the train runs to provide background sounds, like birds and people at the station.

• The image on the front of the train set box, which shows how to construct the track in the correct layout

• A video of the train going around and around the track, which he shares with his friends on a video-sharing web site.

• The digits 1 to 9

^{The image shows a program that is running. It asks you to type in some data.}

^{"Please Enter your name"}

• Number

• Table

• Text

• Decimal

The image shows a program that is running.

"Please Enter Your Age"

• Text

• Table

• Number

• Decimal

Which of the following is a true statement?

• Computers manipulate information, but only humans can understand data

• Computers manipulate data, but only humans can understand information