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Unit 8.2 - Programming Concepts
Unit 8.2 - Programming Concepts
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Formative task - #IGCSE Computer Science
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What are high level computer programs quite close to?
Human language
Programming code
Machine code
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gender = input("What is your gender?") - choose a data type:
boolean
integer
float
char
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Which of these in an example of a high level programming language?
Excel
C++
Word
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What two digits does the binary number system use?
9 and 9
1 and 2
O and 1
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Choose the correct syntax for a print command in pseudocode:
PRINT
print
Print
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A variable is...
a storage location - data cannot be changed
a storage location - data can be changed
can only be used once in a program
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How are programs translated into machine code?
Through a compiler
Through a process
Through an interpretor
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What does the computer do with comments added to a program?
nothing
it uses them in calculations
it reads them out loud
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Char is a data type...
that holds just one character
that holds no data
that holds more than one character
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A float is...
a real number without decimal points
a real number with decimal points
a whole number
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siblings = input("Are you an only child?") - choose a data type:
integer
char
boolean
float
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What are the diagrams that are used for designing programs called?
Gantt charts
Flowcharts
Pie charts
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An algorithm is....
a set of formal instructions
machine code
high level language
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A string is...
text
numbers
a variable without quotation marks
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A constant is...
a storage location for a value we don't want to change
the same as a variable
a storage location for a value we want to change
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height = input("What is your height?") - choose a data type:
integer
float
boolean
char
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A set of instructions that occur one after the other in a specific order:
iteration
selection
sequence
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An integer is....
a whole number with decimal points
a real number
a whole number with no decimal points
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decision = input("What is your decision? type "Y" for yes or "N" for no") - choose a data type:
integer
char
float
boolean
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Boolean data type is....
one that will hold two values only
one that will hold one value only
one that will hold three values only
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age = input("What is your age?") - choose a data type:
boolean
char
float
integer
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grade = input("What is your top grade?") - choose a data type:
boolean
float
integer
char
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What are low level programming languages close to?
Spanish
Human language
Machine code
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What is machine code represented in?
Hexadecimal code
Binary code
Denary code
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If you enter an input command without a variable, what happens to the user input?
its content is not stored, so it disappears
its content is stored but not processed
you can only use it once
