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WorksheetsProgramming Terms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
Define problem solving.
a)
Ability to formulate problems, think creatively, and express a solution clearly and accurately.
b)
High level language that can run on different kinds of computers with few or no modifications.
c)
A detailed set of instructions that tells a computer how to carry out a task.
2.
Software is
a)
a signal having the characteristic of being continuous in range.
b)
programs and other operating information used by a computer.
c)
an error that only appears when you run a program.
3.
Psuedocode is defined as
a)
a device that detects important physical quality or quantity about surrounding environment.
b)
a group of interacting, interrelated elements that work together.
c)
shorthand notation for programming which uses a combinatino of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of code.
4.
Programming languages are
a)
a system of discrete state, high or low, on or off, 1 or 0.
b)
languages that have been designed to express computations.
c)
a system that uses feedback from the output to control the input.
5.
A compiler
a)
reads the program and translates it before the program starts running.
b)
occurs when the programmer does not follow the rules of programming.
c)
is a formal language.
6.
Syntax errors
a)
read the program and begin execution.
b)
function imperfectly to express computations.
c)
occur when the programmer does not follow the rules of the language
7.
Semantic errors
a)
will not generate any error messages but will not dot eh right thing.
b)
only appear until you run the program.
c)
use a # and the text will be green.
8.
An interpreter
a)
is a high level language that can run on different kinds of computers.
b)
translates the program.
c)
converts a program written in a higher level language line by line into a lower level language and executes it.
9.
Efficiency is
a)
anything your robot does.
b)
the ability to bring about a desired result with the least amount of time, energy, or material.
c)
a touch sensor used to limit the motion of a device.
10.
While loop is
a)
a control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly.
b)
occurs when the programmer does not follow the rules of the language.
c)
functioning improperly or badly.
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