Calculating Average Grades and Functions

Calculating Average Grades and Functions

Assessment

Interactive Video

Computers

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

The video tutorial guides viewers through creating a program to manage and average grades. It starts with setting up a list to hold grades and an 'Add Grade' button. The tutorial explains how to add grades to the list and update the display. It covers calculating averages using local variables for sum and count, ensuring they reset with each event. The tutorial concludes with finalizing the code to display the average grade.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of the add grade button in the code setup?

To sort the grades in ascending order

To delete grades from the list

To reset all grades to zero

To add new grades to the list

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when you click the add grade button?

It clears all grades from the list

It adds the typed grade to a variable and updates the list

It updates the screen with a new layout

It removes the last grade from the list

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of the update screen function?

To calculate the average of grades

To print the final results into the grades label

To reset the grades list

To add a new grade to the list

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it necessary to average the grades?

To sort the grades in descending order

To determine the overall performance

To remove duplicate grades

To find the highest grade

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are local variables used instead of global variables in this context?

To increase the speed of the program

To ensure they are accessible throughout the program

To refresh their values every time the average grade button is clicked

To make them permanent across sessions

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the 'sum' variable?

To store the highest grade

To keep a running total of all grades

To count the number of grades

To store the average grade

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the sum of grades calculated?

By dividing the total by the number of grades

By multiplying all grades together

By adding each new grade to the running total

By subtracting each grade from the total

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