Abstraction

Question 1

Abstraction:

Answer 1

Representation that is arrived at by removing unnecessary details.

Question 2

Name all the types of Abstration:

Answer 2

Representational, generalisation, procedural, functional, data, problem, information hiding.

Question 3

Procedural:

Answer 3

Abstracting away actual values to leave a computational method.

Question 4

Functional:

Answer 4

Hiding the computational method.

Question 5

Problem:

Answer 5

Details of a problem are removed until the problem is represented in a way that is possible to solve, because the problem reduces to one that has already been solved.

Question 6

Data:

Answer 6

Details of how data are actually represented are hidden.

Question 7

Generalisation:

Answer 7

Abstraction by grouping based on similar characteristics.

Question 8

Decomposition:

Answer 8

Breaking down a problem into smaller sub-problems.

Question 9

Composition:

Answer 9

Opposite of decomposition, bringing together multiple procedures to form a whole program.

Question 10

Automation:

Answer 10

Putting models into action to solve problems.