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Coding Terms Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A label to which a value can be assigned.
A word that replaces a number in code.
(Think of it as a jar with a label on it- you can put whatever you'd like in the jar but only have to reference the label.)

a)

Variable

b)

Loop

c)

Function

d)

Algorithm

2.

a loop that is contained within another loop

a)

Nested Loops

b)

Variable

c)

Conditional

d)

For Loops

3.

the exclusive legal right to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same

a)

Trademark

b)

Copyright

c)

Patent

d)

Algorithm

4.

The order of steps in a program.

a)

Algorithm

b)

Function

c)

Sequence

d)

Variable

5.

Going through line by line to find and fix an error in the code.

a)

Loop

b)

Debug

c)

Algorithm

d)

Variable

6.

An error in the program.

a)

Bug

b)

Loop

c)

Command

d)

Variable

7.

To perform the same task again and again.
Can be for set number of times or infinite.

a)

Sequence

b)

Variable

c)

Function

d)

Loop

8.

An action that causes something to happen.

a)

Function

b)

Event

c)

Variable

d)

Command

9.

A sequence of instructions for carrying out a task.
A set of commands.

a)

Program

b)

Function

c)

Algorithm

d)

Variable

10.

A command that tells you to do something only up to the point that something becomes true.

a)

Until

b)

Fuction

c)

Debug

d)

Loop

11.

The program does something based on another thing happening. If-then or If-then-else.

a)

Conditional

b)

Algorithm

c)

Function

d)

Variable

12.

Set of instructions used to accomplish a specific task. Also known as a procedure.

a)

Variable

b)

Loop

c)

Function

d)

Algorithm

13.

An instruction for the computer. Many commands put together make up algorithms and computer programs.

a)

Function

b)

Command

c)

Algorithm

d)

Variable

14.

An algorithm (sequence of instructions) written in a code that a computer can understand.

a)

Program

b)

Command

c)

Variable

d)

Algorithm

15.

A loop that continues to repeat while a condition is true.

a)

Nested Loops

b)

While Loop

c)

Function

d)

Variable