ICT - Gaming Essentials Review

While testing your game, you discover that the game is not keeping score correctly. What is the first step necessary to correct the score-keeping problem?

• Brainstorm a plan to solve the problem.

• Identify and understand the problem.

• Test and refine the solution.

• Execute the solution.

You have been hired by a game development group. You gather in a room to create related spontaneous ideas and solutions for a new central character of a game. The ideas are then carefully reviewed for application to the game development. Your group is involved in what step of the design process?

• Brainstorming

• Storyboard

• Prototype

• Feedback

A gaming company has been testing its new slot machine game and analyzing the feedback. One comment states that it is too easy to hit the jackpot. The tester suggests that the game programmers reduce the likelihood of a turn resulting in a large payout. What type of game are the game designers and development team testing?

• Role-playing

• Chance

• Skill

• Risk

In programming languages, character, string, integer, floating-point and Boolean and all examples of:

• variable data types.

• expressions.

• methods.

• comparison operators.

Which term describes the first functional example of a game that you are developing?

• Storyboard

• Prototype

• Design

• Project

You have developed a prototype for your game, and you have gathered a group of people to test the game. Each member of the group has been asked to create and submit a list of suggestions and issues. Which term describes the suggestions and issues that are given to a design team to help, improve or refine a game design?

• Revisions

• Feedback

• Storyboard

• Brainstorms

Which term describes a set of step-by-step instructions executed in order to solve a problem or perform a task?

• Algorithm

• System

• Structure

• Outline

In order to write a successful algorithm, you must first be able to:

• create a plan to execute a solution.

• use logic to plan a solution.

• solve the problem manually.

• code a sequential structure.

Which term describes a type of game that simulates skills needed to perform a job?

• Recreation

• Therapy

• Social networking

• Task training

Which type of operator includes the && (AND), || (OR) and ! (NOT) symbols?

• Assignment

• Logical

• Comparison

• Arithmetic