CSP 2021 Final Exam

Computer science is NOT:

• studying interesting questions like how to make deliveries faster using an algorithm

• Building a computer system as a solution to a problem

• playing computer games

• understanding how a new computer technology could negatively impact people

Which of the following is NOT an algorithm

• steps to make a burrito

• instructions on how to French braid

• a how to guide on building a model plane

• telling Ms. B how your day went.

Choose the algorithm below that is also a program?

• instructions on how to play an instrument

• Google Docs

• SnapChat

True or false: Computational thinking is a way to problem solve by developing algorithms for a solution that can be programmed into a computer language.

• true

• false

In computer science, variables

• are numbers like pi

• represent parts of an experiment that are measured or tested

• are placeholders for storing information

• are unchangeable

Assuming a player’s score starts at 0 and increases

by 1 whenever they reach a goal, what data type would

be best used to store this value in a variable with the

identifier “score”?

• Numeric

• Array

• Boolean

• String

True or False: Events are actions that cause something to stop within a program

• true

• false

Select all the correct answers: Which are the following are considered loops?

• for loop

• while loop

• nested loop

• conditional loop

Lines of code that only run under certain situations are:

• initiations

• requests

• conditionals

• calls

The skills that you aquire from coding can be used for what?

• to make all sorts of software programs

• to create games

• to create a website

• to complete your work faster and easier

• all of the above