Vocabulary Quiz -- Unit 1, Week 2

This type of command allows the program to repeat a step or process continuously.

• motion

• sensing

• loop

• conditional

This is the command that tells the computer to start the program.

• Start

• Run

• Go

• Move

This is the process of finding and resolving of defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system

• fix

• bug

• double-check

• debug

This is the study of the principles and use of computers.

• coding

• computer science

• programming

• informational text

This is a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations,

• PEMDAS

• algorithm

• calculation

• There are rules?

In programming, this tells the computer that if one event occurs, then another event will follow. (For example, if your sprite senses a specific color, then it will go back to the start.)

• sensing

• calculation

• conditional

• conjunction

This is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program.

• Error

• bug

• spider

• mistake

The quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer,

• sprite

• backdrop

• data

• symbol

An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change.

• constant

• input

• variable

• costume

To provide a computer or machine with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a particular task

• code

• program

• remote

• menu