CWW END OF YEAR EXAMS

Imagine you are making a jam sandwich. Here are the steps: Put jam on one slice of bread. Get two slices of bread. Put the two slices of bread together. What is wrong with these instructions?

• You need to get the bread first.

• You should use butter instead of jam.

• You don't need to put the slices together.

It's a rainy day! If you put your big rain boots on before your trousers, what will most likely happen?

• Your socks will get wet.

• It will be very tricky to pull your trousers on over the boots.

• Your trousers will keep the boots clean.

A robot needs to move from the start to the star. It can only follow arrows. (Image: A simple 3x3 grid. 'Start' is in the bottom left square. 'Star' is in the top right square.) Which set of instructions will get the robot to the star?

• Forward, Forward, Turn Right, Right

• Forward, Right, Forward, Right

• Right, Right, Forward, Forward

Your friend gives you these instructions to draw a smiley face: Draw a mouth. Draw a big circle. Draw two eyes. To make it easier for someone to follow, what should be the very first step?

• Draw a mouth.

• Draw a big circle.

• Draw two eyes.

You have a set of instructions to build a block tower that says: Put a blue block on the table. Put a red block on the blue block. Put a red block on the green block. You look at your blocks and you only have red and blue blocks. What is the problem with this algorithm?

• It has a step that is impossible to do.

• The tower will be too tall.

• The instructions are in the wrong order.

Think about what you do in the morning. Which of these instructions must happen before you eat your breakfast?

• Pack your school bag.

• Wake up.

• Put on your shoes.

A Bee-Bot (a floor robot) is programmed with these commands: Forward, Forward, Turn Right, Forward. If it starts facing the windows, where will it end up?

• Further away from the windows.

• To the right of where it started.

• In the same place it started.

In a coding app, you give a cat character this program: [Start Button] -> [Move Right] -> [Jump] -> [Say "Hello!"]. What will the cat do right after it moves to the right?

• Say "Hello!"

• Jump.

• Press the start button again.

You programmed a character to dance, but it is spinning instead. What is the first thing you should do to fix your program?

• Delete the whole program and start again.

• Look at the instructions to see which one is making it spin.

• Ask a friend to do it for you.

Look at this simple code for a character: [Move Forward] -> [Move Forward] -> [Stop]. What will the character do?

• Move forward once and then stop.

• Move forward two times and then stop.

• It will not move at all.