What is the first step of the linear search algorithm?
GCSE Computer Science Programming Knowledge Check Jan 19

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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the middle item in the list
Identify the first item in the list
Identify a random item in the list
Identify the last item in the list
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ignoring any infomration about a problem that isn't important is called...
decomposition
abstraction
algorithmic thinking
pattern matching
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following search algorithms can only be carried out on an ordered list?
Linear search
Binary Search
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Computational thinking is used to...
imporve the efficiency of an existing program or piece of code
turn a problem into something that can be solved by the computer
help you think like a computer
tell the programmer the rules of a programming language
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A programmer solves a complex task by writing many small sub programs. This is an example of...
decomposition
abstraction
authentication
pipelining
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A program is used to sort a very large list of unordered words into alphabetical order. Which sorting algorithm would sort the list most efficiently?
Bubble sort
Insertion sort
Merge Sort
Binary Search
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A benefit of using Algorithmn 1 over Algorithm 2 is that...
it can be more easily converted into a programming language.
it can be interpreted by all programming languages
it uses the proper syntax of all programming languages
it is vague and unstructured
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