BASIC REVISE

Who developed the BASIC programming language?

• Steve Jobs

• John G. Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Bill Gates

What does BASIC stand for?

• Binary Advanced Symbolic Instruction Code

• Basic Algorithmic Symbolic Instruction Code

• Basic All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

• Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

Which keyword is used to make a comment about an instruction or the whole program in BASIC?

• PRINT

• INPUT

• LET

• REM

What is the purpose of the DATA keyword in BASIC?

• To display output on the screen

• To assign a value to a variable

• To show the computer the data it is asked to read in the READ statement

• To ask the user to supply the data to be processed

What is the BASIC expression for the algebraic expression -b±√b2-4ac/(2a)?

• (-b+sqr(b^2 – 4*a*c))/2*a

• A*B

• 2*(b^2)+5*c

• A/B

What does the BASIC statement READ do?

• Assigns a value to a variable

• Displays the output on the screen

• Tells the computer that the data to be processed is supplied within the program statements

• Ends the program

What is the purpose of the LET keyword in BASIC?

• To display output on the screen

• To assign a value to a variable

• To ask the user to supply the data to be processed

• To make a comment about an instruction or the whole program