FCS Final Exam 2025 {Review}

Who created the first "robot" and when did it happen?

• Archytas of Tarentum, ~400 BCE

• Yah Shi, 3rd Century BCE

• Ismail al-Jazari, 1206

• Jacques de Vaucanson, 1738

• Nikola Tesla, 1898

ARPANET was built to help people do things like:

• Sort through census data

• Move troops around the country

• Track the movement of distant galaxies

• Connect with friends all over the world

SuperKarel does NOT know the command Color. 

• True

• False

What are the commands that Karel is built with?

• move(); turnLeft(); putBall(); takeBall();

• turnRight(); turnAround(); move(); turnLeft();

• move(); turnLeft(); turnAround(); turnRight();

• Move(); TurnLeft(); PutBall(); TakeBall();

Humane design is where the design benefits people.

• True

• False

The following code makes Karel make a square. 

move(); 

move();

• True

• False

Code will not work without a start function.

• True

• False

Timothy bought a robot and wants it to stop when it sees a red cube but he wants it to start moving if it sees a green cube. What could Timothy use to make the robot perform this action?

• If/else command

• While loop

• For Loop

• All of the above

What is the purpose of a "for loop" in computer programming?

• To do something if a condition is true.

• To complete a block of code a specific number of times.

• To execute a block of code repeatedly while a condition is true.

• To define a function with a specific name.

What can be used to teach Karel to turn right?

• Karel can already turn right

• Dog treats

• Variables

• Functions