Understanding Selection in Algorithms

The video tutorial explains the concept of selection in algorithms, highlighting how decisions or questions are used to make algorithms more realistic. It discusses the need for decision-making at certain steps where multiple paths are possible. The tutorial introduces the instructions 'if', 'then', and 'else', explaining how they guide the flow of an algorithm based on conditions being true or false.

What is the primary purpose of selection in algorithms?

• To make algorithms more complex

• To make algorithms more realistic

• To simplify algorithms

• To eliminate decision-making in algorithms

In algorithmic selection, what does the 'if then' part of the statement do?

• It causes the algorithm to stop

• It causes the algorithm to repeat

• It causes the algorithm to ignore the condition

• It causes one path to be followed if the condition is true

How is selection typically represented in algorithms?

• Using variables

• Using loops

• Using functions

• Using 'if', 'then', and 'else' instructions

What happens when the condition in an 'if then' statement is false?

• The algorithm stops

• The algorithm follows a different path

• The algorithm repeats the same path

• The algorithm ignores the condition

Which part of the selection statement is executed when the condition is false?

• The 'then' part

• The 'if' part

• The 'end' part

• The 'else' part