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Computer Science & Programming: Pre-Assessment
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Pre-Assessment for Intro to Computer Science & Programming
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1
In programming, what is a variable?
Something that repeats itself
A piece of code called on over and over again
A piece of data that can never change
A piece of data that can change
2
What am I associated with?
Google
Microsoft
Apple
Linux
3
When we look for similarities between things we are....
hypothesizing
pattern matching
questioning
debugging
4
What is computational thinking?
Using your brain to solve math problems
Thinking about computers
A digital device's artificial intelligence
An approach to problem solving
5
Who is regarded as the world's first computer programmer?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Jackson
Ada Lovelace
Grace Hopper
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What am I associated with?
Facebook
Google
Microsoft
Apple
7
How many bits are in a byte?
16
32
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4
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In programming, what is a function?
Something that repeats itself
A piece of data that can change
A piece of data that can never change
A piece of code called on over and over again
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How many bytes are in a Gigabyte?
About one quadrillion bytes
About one trillion bytes
About one thousand bytes
About one million bytes
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What is an algorithm?
A list of steps that allow you to complete a task
The number of pixels in an inch
An error in a computer program
The coding block that is used to "repeat" a certain command
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A programming loop is computer code that...
debugs computers
repeats itself
turns 360 degrees
drives around
12
Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program is called....
debugging
decomposing
hypothesizing
coding
13
What am I associated with?
Instagram
Google
Facebook
Microsoft
14
What are we associated with?
Google
Reddit
Apple
Microsoft
15
In programming, what are conditionals?
finding & fixing problems in your program
statements that only run under certain conditions
placeholders for information that can change
statements that repeat over and over
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In programming, a line that determines whether or not a certain line runs is called a/an...
if statement
nested statement
function
abstraction
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An algorithm that can be understood and followed by a machine is called a computer...
pattern
simulation
interface
program
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Breaking down a problem into smaller pieces is called...
hypothesizing
coding
decomposing
debugging
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A computer uses which type of number system to calculate and store data?
octal
binary
hexadecimal
decimal
