Which of the following could be considered part of the beginning “state” of a Scratch program?

As part of the lifecycle of a program, after a computer programmer writes the code, it is then compiled and usually used to create an executable file to be run on the CPU. The code that is run through the compiler is known as what?

Subana is writing a program which will calculate the mean average of a set of numbers by adding the numbers and dividing the result by the amount of numbers. She will use a variable, avg, to store this average. Which variable type would be most suitable for avg?

Tom created the following code segments in Scratch, which are intended to create a short piece of music between them.

When the green flag is clicked, each of the three scripts is intended to run in turn, however, due to a mistake in the code, this does not happen. Which of the following changes could Tom make to ensure that all three of the scripts run as intended?

Many tasks, large and small, can be solved by performing a specific set of actions and making a particular set of decisions in very precise ways. These sets of actions and decisions are known as what?

Which of the following could be represented by a boolean variable?

Peter wrote the following code in scratch to make a sprite perform a series of coordinated moves, forming a “dance routine.”

The code will be used for a competition, and Peter does not want to reveal the moves performed by the sprite in his program. Currently the path taken by the sprite is traced on the screen. Which of the following changes to the code will change this and allow Peter to keep the path taken by his sprite hidden?

Which of the following types of languages is optimized for machine processing and may be written and expressed as a series of binary digits (e.g., ones and zeros), making it difficult for humans to read and write?

Consider constructing an algorithm for a robot that can only perform the following three predefined operations.

Which of the following algorithms will successfully cause the robot to trace out a square-shaped path, with the robot ending up in its original position and facing in its original direction?

The code segments for making a Scratch program which simulates a conversation between the user and a sprite on-screen are given below.

Which of the following orders is most suitable if the program is to run without errors and produce the most realistic appearing conversation?

Which of the following statements about high-level programming languages when compared to low-level programming languages is true?

Joanna wishes to create a variable in her scratch game which records the number of seconds until the game ends. Which of the following would be the most appropriate name for this variable?

A group of high school students is participating in a mobile application development contest. They have a limited time frame and would like to add many features. Which of the following strategies will allow them to create the best app they can in the time allotted?

An entrepreneur has hired a programmer to design software to take user input and convert it to appear a certain way. The programmer is not clear on the assignment, so he asks the entrepreneur to elaborate. Which of the following would be most helpful for the programmer to ask the entrepreneur to do to make the assignment clearer?

For her 4th of July weather report, a local meteorologist wishes to predict the likelihood of the scheduled fireworks show being rained out by analyzing the most recent weather trends in the local vicinity. Which of the following sources of data would be the most appropriate for helping her make the prediction?

Imagine you are programming a simple calculator using Scratch and you want to create a feature which adds a fixed number to an existing variable named “balance”. Which of the blocks below will be the most appropriate to use for this feature?

Which of the following is an advantage that block-based programming languages (e.g. Scratch) have over text-based programming languages (e.g. Processing)?

Which of the following best represent examples of abstraction?

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Cardel is using Java to write a SaaS program for an educational technology company. He chooses to keep his code private and to protect his work from imitation but may wish to modify or update the code in the future. Which of the following will be most likely to make it easier for him to edit his code in the future?

Select two answers.