10 question quiz on identifying and correcting errors

what occurs when the spelling and/or punctuation of a program are not followed correctly

• Runtime errors
• Semantic errors
• Syntax errors
• Logic errors

A mistake in a program's base logic that causes behavior that is unexpected.

• Logic error

• Run-time errors

• Syntax error

• Overflow error

You can start your program with this error, however something unexpected will happen if you try to run your program normally.

• Run-Time errors

• Logic error

• Syntax error

• Overflow Error

An error that occurs when the computer tries to comprehend a number too big for it to handle because it is outside it's defined range of values.

• Limit Error
• Out of Bounds Error
• Overflow Error
• Underflow Error

Line 1: PROCEDURE countNumOccurences (myList, val)

Line 2: {

Line 3: FOR EACH item IN myList

Line 4: {

Line 5: count <- 0

Line 6: IF(item = val)

Line 7: {

Line 8: count <- count + 1

Line 9: }

Line 10: }

Line 11: RETURN(count)

Line 12: }

What will be the programs return value?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 4

What is this an example of?

Fore loop(myList)

• Syntax error

• overflow error

John makes a program that is supposed to make fast food suggestions after a quick survey. However, whenever the results screen comes up, the results are completely different than what they are supposed to be! What type of error is this?

• Syntax error
• Runtime error
• Logic error
• Compilation error

Austin made a program that tracks the amount of steps you have taken in a day, he can start up the program normally with little or no issue, but when you press a button that converts your steps into miles, the app glitches out and doesn't preform the action and instead displays your steps as they were. What kind of error is this?

• Runtime Error
• Logic Error
• Syntax Error
• Compilation Error

Samuel makes a calculator app for phones, almost every function is working perfectly. However when the user tries to solve any equation in which the answer is above 200,000, it will just display 200,000, even if that is the incorrect answer. What kind of error is this?

• Runtime Error
• Syntax Error
• Overflow error

• Underflow error

Line 1: PROCEDURE countNumOccurences (myList, val)

Line 2: {

Line 3: FOR EACH item IN myList

Line 4: {

Line 5: count <- 0

Line 6: IF(item = val)

Line 7: {

Line 8: count <- count + 1

Line 9: }

Line 10: }

Line 11: RETURN(count)

Line 12: }

This code segment is built to be a counter, what is the problem with the counter?

• The program stops looping after a certain number

• Every time the loop resets, so does the counter so it never counts above 2

• The loop will actually make the numbers count down instead of up

• This loop is perfectly fine and needs no changing what so ever