Computer Science Assignment 09/08/23

A school database has lots of information on students, the data manager needs to use abstraction? What data should she leave out?

• Age

• Guardian's phone numbers

• Classes

• Eye colour

What do we mean by COMPUTATIONAL THINKING?

• Understanding a complex problem and developing possible solutions.

• Breaking a task into smaller tasks.

• Selecting a computer to use.

• Focusing on what is important, ignoring what is unnecessary.

What will happen if the user's book return is late?

• Sends them an SMS (text)

• Does not send them an SMS (text)

What is the OUTPUT if the user enters "YES"?

• Leave umbrella at home.

• Take an umbrella.

What is the correct definition of an algorithm?

• An algorithm is a step by step instructions to solve a problem.
• An algorithm is a process of baking bread.
• An algorithm is a software used to compute numbers.
• An algorithm is the process of breaking problems.

What would be the output if 'computer sciencse' is the input?

• Try again!

• Of course it is!

• red, green
• red, red
• green, red
• green, green

An algorithm is the sequence of of instructions or a set of rules to get something done.

• True
• False

Why do we think computationally?

• To help us program

• To help us to think like a computer

• To help us solve complex problems more easily

• To help us plan our actions

Which of the following is not done by abstraction?

• Identifies essential details

• Disregards non-essential information

• Breaks the problem down into smaller tasks