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Section 2 - Programming concepts

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1
What is the process of giving a value to a variable or constant called?
Selection
Nesting
Assignment
loop
2
What is nesting?
Placing one set of instructions within another
When a routine calls itself
A repeated process
The repeating process
3
What is repeating the same process several times in order to achieve a result called?
Assignment
Recursion
Selection
Iteration
4
What is the principle of putting the correct instructions in the right order called?
Sequence
Iteration
Ordering
Loop
5
What is selection?
Selecting the required values
The logical path through a program
The end of the program
Finding the correct values
6
Which of these repeats a process a set number of times?
Definite iteration
Indefinite iteration
7
What is initialisation?
Setting the ending value for a variable
Setting the starting value for a variable
Selecting the correct values
Placing one set of instructions within another
8
What is the rules of how words are used within a given programming language called?
Unicode
Run-time
ASCII
Syntax