Basics of Programming

Question 1

Input

Answer 1

getting data and commands into the computer

Question 2

Output

Answer 2

getting results out of the computer

Question 3

Looping & Conditionals

Answer 3

testing to see if a condition is true and cycling through a set of instructions until some condition is met

Question 4

Mathematical operations

Answer 4

performing math on your data

Question 5

Variables and Data structures

Answer 5

storing information which may change over time

Question 6

Requirements Gathering

Answer 6

determining what the program you are going to write is supposed to do

Question 7

Document review

Answer 7

review the documents that delineate requirements

Question 8

Observation

Answer 8

observe the problem you are trying to solve

Question 9

Meetings

Answer 9

meet with the client and consult what they want the program to do

Question 10

Surveys

Answer 10

find out what customers want/need via survey

Question 11

requirements document

Answer 11

details all specifications of the program designed to meet the client needs

Question 12

pseudocode

Answer 12

plain English version of the detailed steps of a computer program that can be read by the non-programmer

Question 13

Guidelines for pseudocode

Answer 13

1. break down logic into individual steps
2. order is critical
3. leaving out some details is fine

Question 14

Steps to writing to a program

Answer 14

1. understand the problem you are trying to solve
2. design a solution
3. draw a flow chart
4. write pseudocode
5. write code
6. test and debug
7. test with real-world users
8. release program
9. iterate steps for the next version