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AP CSP UNit 6 - Lists loops and Traversals

Authored by Suneetha Pedi

Computers

9th - 12th Grade

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AP CSP UNit 6 - Lists loops and Traversals
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This quiz comprehensively covers the fundamental concepts of lists, loops, and traversals in computer programming, targeting students at the high school level (grades 9-12) who are studying Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles. The questions assess students' understanding of list data structures, including how to create, manipulate, and access list elements using proper syntax and indexing. Students need to grasp that lists are ordered collections where each element has a unique index starting from 0, and they must understand list operations like append, insert, and remove. The quiz also evaluates knowledge of iteration concepts, specifically for loops and while loops, requiring students to trace through code execution, predict outputs, and understand how loops traverse data structures. Students must demonstrate their ability to work with boolean conditions, increment counters, and recognize different loop termination patterns. The questions demand both conceptual understanding and practical application skills, including reading and interpreting code snippets, understanding programming syntax, and applying logical reasoning to determine program outputs. Created by Suneetha Pedi, a Computers teacher in US who teaches grade 9-12. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool for reinforcing key programming concepts in AP Computer Science Principles Unit 6, allowing teachers to gauge student comprehension before moving to more advanced topics. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge about data structures and control flow, or use it as targeted practice to help students master the syntax and logic of list manipulation and loop construction. The varied question types make it ideal for homework assignments that encourage students to work through code tracing exercises independently, building their debugging and analytical thinking skills. As a review tool before unit tests or AP exam preparation, this quiz helps students identify knowledge gaps in fundamental programming constructs that serve as building blocks for more complex algorithms. The quiz aligns with College Board standards for AP Computer Science Principles, specifically supporting learning objectives related to data representation (CSP-2), algorithms and control structures (CSP-3), and the impact of computing practices on program development and analysis.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of a List?

An ordered collection of elements

Where information is stored in a variable

The number that identifies each individual element

Where information is written in Java

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following creates a list in the code?

var aList( )

aList{ }

var aList[ ]

aList: ;

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following commands adds an element to the end of the list?

append.list(element)

append.Item(list, element)

list.append()

(element)append

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An Element is an individual value in a list that is assigned a unique index

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The length of a list is how many elements it contains. Lists can grow or shrink as elements are added or removed, but the length of the list does not change.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the value at index 1

74

53

22

favNums

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do code do we use to up the "counter" variable by 1 each time we traverse through a "for" loop?

Var i = i + 1

i = 0

i ++

i +

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