END OF YEAR EXAMS - GRADE 2

What is the most important first step in giving your friend instructions?

• Choosing the colours of the bricks.

• Giving them all the bricks at once.

• Breaking the building process down into small, clear steps.

Which of the following is an algorithm for finding the book?

• Looking at every book on every shelf until you find it.

• Asking the librarian to find the book for you.

• Looking for the correct section, then searching in alphabetical order by the author's last name.

How can you use decomposition to help your friend?

• Tidy up the whole room for them.

• Break the big job of tidying into smaller tasks like putting away books, folding clothes, and organizing toys.

• Tell them to put everything in a big box.

What is the pattern in this sequence?

• The shapes are all different colours.

• The sequence of Circle, Triangle, Square repeats.

• There are more circles than any other shape.

What is the best way to fix your drawing?

• Start again from scratch with new paper.

• Check the instructions one step at a time to see where you might have made a mistake.

• Ask a friend to draw it for you.

How does creating a pattern help in making the bracelet?

• It makes the bracelet stronger.

• It means you don't have to think about which colour comes next each time.

• It uses fewer beads.

If you want your character to move from one side of the screen to the other, what kind of instructions would you use?

• A single 'jump' block.

• A sequence of 'move right' blocks.

• A 'change colour' block.

What is the process of finding and fixing errors in your code called?

• Deleting

• Debugging

• Designing

What is the correct order for these programming blocks?

• Spin, Spin, Spin, Say 'Hello'

• Say 'Hello', Spin, Spin, Spin

• Spin, Say 'Hello', Spin, Say 'Hello'

Which instruction tells the computer what to do if the star is clicked?

• A loop

• A conditional (if...then)

• A timer