Chapter 2-Terms

Question 0

Flowchart

Answer 0

A tool that programmers use to help them plan (or depict) an algorithm; consists of standardized symbols connected by flowlines

Question 1

Desk-checking

Answer 1

The process of manually walking through each of the instructions in an algorithm; also called hand-tracing

Question 2

Flowlines

Answer 2

The lines that connect the symbols in a flowchart

Question 3

Hand-tracing

Answer 3

Another term for desk checking

Question 4

Input

Answer 4

The items a program needs in order to achieve the output

Question 5

Input/output symbol

Answer 5

The parallelogram in a flowchart; used to represent input and output tasks

Question 6

Invalid data

Answer 6

Data that the algorithm is not expecting the user to enter

Question 7

IPO

Answer 7

An acronym for Input, Processing, and Output

Question 8

IPO chart

Answer 8

A chart that some programmers use to organize and summarize the results of a problem analysis

Question 9

Output

Answer 9

The goal of solving a problem; the items the user wants to display, print, or store

Question 10

Process symbol

Answer 10

The rectangle symbol in a flowchart; used to represent tasks such as calculations

Question 11

Processing item

Answer 11

An intermediate value (neither input nor output) that an algorithm uses when processing the input into the output

Question 12

Pseudocode

Answer 12

A tool that programmers use to help them plan an algorithm; consists of short English statements; means false code

Question 13

Start/stop symbol

Answer 13

The oval symbol in a flowchart; used to mark the beginning and end of the flowchart

Question 14

Valid data

Answer 14

Data that the algorithm is expecting the user to enter