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Computational Thinking Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The goal of Computational Thinking is to help you:

a)

Solve problems

b)

Fix computers

c)

Understand code

d)

Collect data

2.

Which CT strategies are always required for every problem?

a)

Decomposition and Abstraction

b)

Pattern Recognition and Algorithm

c)

All of them

d)

None of them

3.

Each iteration of a problem should _____ the previous iteration.

a)

Copy

b)

Ignore

c)

Build on

d)

Complicate

4.

Which of these is a definition for "ITERATION"?

a)

the representation of sound or words by letters.

b)

part of repeating steps, or instructions , over and over again.

c)

a simplified version of something technical

d)

iteration

5.

DATA about the problem can help you decide:

a)

Which strategies to use

b)

All of these

c)

The order of strategies

d)

How often to repeat strategies

6.

Which 2 are examples of quantitative data on a group of students?

(HINT: Quantitative means something that can be measured by numbers)

a)

Height

b)

Pets

c)

Hobbies

d)

Personality

e)

Grade Level

7.

Which 2 are examples of qualitative data?

(HINT: Qualititative means something that can be grouped in categories)

a)

The number of students taking a test

b)

The material covered by the test

c)

How many questions there are

d)

The students' test scores

e)

The types of questions on the test

8.

Breaking down a year of daily temperature data by monthly average is an example of:

a)

Decomposition

b)

Pattern recognition

c)

Abstraction

d)

Algorithm Design

9.

Noticing that your candy supply decreases every time a certain friend comes over is an example of:

a)

Decomposition

b)

Pattern recognition

c)

Abstraction

d)

Algorithm design

10.

Designing an Algorithm is most similar to:

a)

Filling a toolbox

room

b)

Writing an instruction manual

c)

Conducting an interview

d)

Cleaning your room

11.

Abstraction _____ a problem by _____ distracting details.

a)

breaks down; adding

b)

organizes; sorting

c)

solves; analyzing

d)

simplifies; removing

12.

Writing a step-by-step recipe is MOST similar to...

a)

abstraction

b)

an mp4

c)

creating an algorithm

d)

debugging

code