Programming with Micro:bit

True or false: Code, or a program, gives instructions to a computer to tell it what to do.

• True

• False

How do you get a program on the micro:bit?

• Connecting the micro:bit to a computer with the micro-USB cable and selecting the Download button in a MakeCode project

• Connecting the micro:bit to the battery pack and selecting the Download button in a MakeCode project

• Wirelessly using Bluetooth

What is the simulator for a micro:bit?

• The area of a MakeCode project where you build a program

• The face of the micro:bit

• The area of a MakeCode project that shows how a program looks when run on the micro:bit

• The buttons that allow you to switch between Blocks and JavaScript in a MakeCode project

How many programs will a micro:bit hold at one time?

• 1

• 2

• 25

• infinitely many

What is a computer processor?

• Where the computer stores its memory

• The face of the micro:bit

• The area of a MakeCode project that shows how a program looks when run on the micro:bit

• A small chip inside the computer that the computer uses to process and transform information

What is the difference between RAM and hard drive memory?

• RAM is the computer’s short-term memory and the hard drive is where the computer stores its long-term memory

• The hard drive is where the computer stores its short-term memory and RAM is the computer long-term memory

• RAM is used for programming and the hard drive memory is for storage

• Hard drive memory is for storing files and RAM is used for processing inputs

The term input describes:

• A type of RAM memory

• A computer speaker

• How a computer takes in information from the world

• How a computer processes information

The term output describes:

• How a computer displays or communicates information

• The way a computer stores memory

• Where cords, like a USB cable, connect to a computer

• A type of RAM memory

What’s an algorithm?

• The word used to describe all computer codes

• Sets of instructions to a computer

• A type of hardware used with micro:bit

• The area of a MakeCode project that shows how a program looks when run on the micro:bit

What’s a function machine?

• One that takes an input, processes the input, and then delivers an output

• One that can understand many different coding languages

• A computer designed for a single task

• A peripheral machine that connects to a computer