AP CSP Vocabulary Midterm

Before you use a function, you must _______________ the function.

• Define
• Teach

• Explain

• Describe

You must _______________ commands that are part of a function.

• Include
• Indent

• Bold

• Center

What does it mean to “Call” a Function?

• Creating a new function

• Ending a program

• Running code for a function

• Giving someone a phone call

In functions, the _______________ is the indented block of code that comes after the def my_function() line. It is what will be executed when the function is called.

• Function body
• Function call

• Function indent

• Function define

In coding, __________ refers to the style of writing in which each space is replaced by an underscore character and the first letter of each word is lower case.

• Snake case
• Camel case

• Lower case

• Upper case

In coding, __________ refers to the style of writing that combines words into a single term by capitalizing the first letter of each word, except for the first word.

• Camel case
• Snake case

• Lower case

• Upper case

A way for you to leave notes about what your code is doing in plain English, so other people can understand it. Python won’t try to run as code.

• Section

• Comments

• Side note

• Post it

Breaking down a complex problem into smaller basic problems is known as?

• Abstraction

• Decomposition

• Composition

• Top Up Design

What is top down design?

• Top down design is a way of designing your program by starting with the biggest problem and breaking it down into smaller and smaller pieces that are easier to solve.

• Top down design is a way that you can create designs on a computer to put on a web page

• Top down design is a way of designing your programs starting with the individual commands first

• Top down design is a way to use loops and if statements to decompose the problem

What is “Abstraction” in programming?

• Removing unnecessary code

• Writing complex code for performance

• Managing complexity by focusing on relevant concepts

• Explaining code to someone else