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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is computational thinking?
To think like a machine
To describe a problem in a way so that it can be solved with computational methods
To think like a computer
To think mathematically
- 2. Fill in the Blank
What is the name of the computational method where you remove unnecessary details to create a simpler focused representation of a problem or situation?
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the computational technique which involves breaking down a large complex problem into smaller and simpler sub problems until each part of the problem can be solved computationally?
abstraction
decomposition
flow diagram
structure diagram
- 4. Fill in the Blank
A structure diagram is useful for showing the results of which computational method?
- 5. Multiple Choice
Top down design, heirarchical structure idagram and tree diagram are all connected with representing the results of which computational technique?
decomposition
abstraction
pattern recognition
pseudocode
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which Persian scientist is the word 'Algorithm' named after?
Archimedes
Xerxes
Al Khawarizmi
Al Jabra
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is an algorithm?
A step by step set of instructions for completing a specific task
Guidelines to help you do your job
Rules of thumb for a profession
Principles to live your life successfully
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these is not a way to represent an algorithm?
Flow chart
Pseudocode
machine code
mind map
- 9. Multiple Choice
When you present an algorithm graphically as a flow diagram, what shape do you use to represent selection?
reectangle
diamond
platinum
oval
- 10. Multiple Choice
In a flow diagram, how do you show iteration (loop)?
Arrows pointing back to a previous step
more than one arrow exiting a diamond shape
Arrows pointing forward skipping some steps
a parallelogram
- 11. Multiple Choice
In a flow diagram what does a parallelogram shape mean?
A decision
A loop
A sequence
input or output
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is pseudocode?
machine code
high level programming language
low level programming language
An algorithm expressed in human language that looks like programming code
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