Year 8 Homework 2

Name:

Class:

What is programming?

• Using a computer to browse the internet

• Writing computer code to create a program to solve a problem

• Typing documents on a computer

• Playing video games on a computer

What is a program?

• A sequence of instructions for a computer

• A computer game

• A type of computer hardware

• A computer virus

What is an algorithm?

• A computer hardware component

• A computer language

• A type of computer software

• A sequence of logical instructions for carrying out a task

What is pseudocode?

• A type of computer virus

• A method of writing up a set of instructions for a computer program using plain English

• A computer hardware component

• A programming language

What is a flowchart?

• A computer hardware component

• A computer language

• A type of computer software

• A diagram that shows a process, made up of boxes representing steps, decisions, inputs, and outputs

What is a programming language?

• A computer game

• A computer virus

• A type of computer hardware

• An artificial language that a computer understands

Which of the following is a high-level programming language?

• SQL

• Python

• HTML

• CSS

What is machine code?

• Low-level code that represents how computer hardware and CPUs understand instructions

• A type of computer virus

• A computer game

• A high-level programming language