Vocabulary Quiz 1 - Algorithms and Flowcharts

What command is this shape for?

• START / STOP
• INPUT / OUTPUT
• PROCESS
• DECISION

What's missing ?

• On/Off
• Pink/Blue
• Hello/Goodbye
• Yes/No

What command is this shape for?

• References another part of the program
• Data that is going in as input or coming out as output
• Processing something - a calculation or storing something into a variable
• Shows the direction of the program

What is the difference between a flowchart and pseudocode? 

• A flowchart is diagramatic whilst pseudocode is written in a programming language (eg. Pascal or Java) 
• A flowchart is textual but pseudocode is diagrammatic 
• A flowchart is a diagrammatic description of an algorithm whilst pseudocode is a textual description of an algorithm 
• A flowchart and pseudocode are the same thing 

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.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A loop is the same as

• a function
• iteration
• sequencing

A single value of either TRUE or FALSE

• Boolean
• Julian
• Null
• Conditional

When you run code, this is when the computer will start at line 1, then execute line 2 then line 3 and so on until it reaches the last line of your program.

• Selection

• Sequencing

• Iteration

The objective of a(n) ____________ is to produce a solution in a reasonable time frame that is good enough for solving the problem at hand. This solution may not be the best of all the solutions to this problem, or it may simply approximate the exact solution. But it is still valuable because finding it does not require a prohibitively long time.

• heuristic solution.

• unsolvable problem.

• undecidable problem.

• solvable problem.