CSD Intro to Programming

Haruto is a high school student who has never taken a programming course.

He wants a programming language that is easy to learn, that contains English words and phrases, as well as easily recognized symbols.

The counselor recommends a Javascript course.

What type of programming language is this?

• Machine language

• Assembly language

• Application language

• High-level language

Maryann is writing a set of instructions to determine whether a number is even or odd.

She divided the problem into smaller, easier steps, as shown:

1)Input a number.

2)Check to see if the number ends in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8?

a) If yes, write "The number is even."

b) If no, write "The number is odd."

Which programming approach is Maryann using?

• Object-oriented

• Structured

• Functional

Which term describes a series of zeros and ones that represent the basic unit of data that a computer processes?

• Data

• Switch

• Byte

A set of instructions that tells a computer what to do to accomplish a particular task is called:

• software

• an application.

• a computer program.

• programming language.

Which type of programming is designed by breaking problems into smaller, logical problems to make them easier to execute?

• Structured

• Scripting

• Object-oriented

• Functional

Basic mathematics taught in elementary school is a base 10 number system (which makes it easy if you are using your fingers).

Computers use a different number system, known as:

• base 1.

• base 2.

• base 6.

• base 8.

Which term describes a set of instructions that lists steps that must be followed in a particular order, starting at the beginning and continuing to the end?

Like a recipe for cookies.

• Executed

• Sequential

Julia has an idea.

She wants to use a computer to create a list of daily "to-do" suggestions based on the previous activity on her calendar.

To create this, she needs to develop a set of instructions to tell the computer what to-do to accomplish this task.

This is known as:

• a computer program.

• a programming language.

• a flowchart.

• an algorithm.

What is the only language that a computer can understand?

• Application

• Machine

• Assembly

• High-level

Which term is used to describe the use of zeroes and ones in a sequence to represent data?

• Decimal

• Execute

• Syntax

• Binary