Cmp 104 Final

Question 1

Any piece of information that a method requires in order for it to execute.

Answer 1

Argument

Question 2

Similar to a list, holds a group of items. Size is fixed, you can’t add any more items when the program is running.

Answer 2

Array

Question 3

In a List or Array the position number of items start at ___ ?

Answer 3

Zero

Question 4

When you set a variable it is called a ________ ________.

Answer 4

Variable Assignment

Question 5

Boolean Values can be either ____ or _____.

Answer 5

True, False.

Question 6

A mistake that does not prevent the program from running, but gives unintended results. Also called a Logical Error.

Answer 6

Bug

Question 7

The middle of an object, or where the object rotates from.

Answer 7

Center

Question 8

A set of specifications that describes a particular type of object. Blueprints of objects.

Answer 8

Class

Question 9

If a class does not provide a method you need, this is what you make.

Answer 9

Custom Class-Level Method

Question 10

Usually indicated by #, allows the programmer to make notes in his program’s code.

Answer 10

Comment

Question 11

A While loop is a ______/________ ________

Answer 11

Condition, Conditional Loop

Question 12

A mechanism for storing data and organizing it in some way.

Answer 12

Data Structures, example: List, Array

Question 13

Used to execute a set of instructions at the same time.

Answer 13

Do Together

Question 14

An action that takes place while an Alice world is playing.

Answer 14

Event

Question 15

Methods known as ______ ______ perform actions that you want to take place in response to an Event.

Answer 15

Event Handlers

Question 16

A special type of method that returns a value back to the instruction that called it.

Answer 16

Function

Question 17

Standard conventions that programmers follow when they create names for objects and methods.

Answer 17

Naming Conventions

Question 18

This naming convention: ButtsOnFilm

Answer 18

PascelCase

Question 19

This naming convention: buttsOnFilm.

Answer 19

camelCase

Question 20

Holds a group of items. Items may be added and removed while the world is running.

Answer 20

List

Question 21

On the computer you are using.

Answer 21

Local

Question 22

Any form of basic math.

Answer 22

Math Expression

Question 23

Actions performed by an Object.

Answer 23

Method

Question 24

A set of programming statements that an object can execute.

Answer 24

Method

Question 25

An invisable object that you place at a location in the world. For use with camera movement.

Answer 25

Dummy, or Dummy Object

Question 26

A special variable that holds the argument being passed into the method.

Answer 26

Parameter

Question 27

This loops condition is tested before each repetition of the loop. The While loop is one of these.

Answer 27

Pretest Loop

Question 28

Each Alice Object has a set of pre-built Methods for use, they are called ________.

Answer 28

Primitive Methods

Question 29

Each item that appears in an Alice world is an ________.

Answer 29

Object

Question 30

An object's characteristics

Answer 30

Properties

Question 31

A way of writing the steps of an algorithm (program) in English.

Answer 31

Pseudocode

Question 32

This shows you the Camera's view, from the top, the right, and the front.

Answer 32

Quad View

Question 33

When you call for any real number.

Answer 33

Random Number

Question 34

When something goes back on itself. In Alice, it is a method that calls itself.

Answer 34

Recursion, Recursive Method

Question 35

You use _________ _________ to compare values and determine whether relationships exist.

Answer 35

Relational Operators

Question 36

To connect two or more relational comparisons, you use

Answer 36

Logical Operators

Question 37

Describes the objects that are to appear in the world, and the actions that are to take place.

Answer 37

Problem Statement

Question 38

A sequence of characters.

Answer 38

String

Question 39

A set of rules that must be strictly followed when writing a program.

Answer 39

Syntax

Question 40

A named storage location in the computer's memory.

Answer 40

Variable

Question 41

This is a set of instructions that the computer follows

Answer 41

Program

Question 42

This is a set of well-defined logical steps that must be taken in order to perform a task.

Answer 42

Algorithm

Question 43

This is the only language that a computer understands

Answer 43

Machine Language

Question 44

This is a number that consists of only 0s and 1s

Answer 44

Binary

Question 45

This translates a program into machine language

Answer 45

Compiler

Question 46

These are the words that make up a programming language

Answer 46

Keywords

Question 47

Each object in an Alice world has these, which are values that specify the objects characteristics

Answer 47

Properties

Question 48

In programming terminology, this is what objects are also called

Answer 48

Instances of a Class

Question 49

This is how many degrees of freedom objects in a 3D world have

Answer 49

Six

Question 50

This is what an object turns around when you rotate is.

Answer 50

The object's center point.

Question 51

The first item in a list or array is stored at this position

Answer 51

Zero

Question 52

This is the size of a list or an array.

Answer 52

The number of items stored in the list or array.

Question 53

This is always the position number of the last item in a list or array.

Answer 53

One less than the size of the list or array.

Question 54

This instruction steps through a list, one item at a time, performing the same operation on each item in the list

Answer 54

For all in order

Question 55

This instruction steps through a list, simultaneously performing the same operation on each item in the list.

Answer 55

For all together

Question 56

This Even uses a list of objects

Answer 56

Les the mouse move objects

Question 57

This is true for the size of an array.

Answer 57

It cannot change while the world is running.

Question 58

This is a dynamic data structure.

Answer 58

List

Question 59

This is what the process of responding to an event is called

Answer 59

Handling the event

Question 60

When an Alice world is first created, this is the event for which the only tile appears in the Events Editor.

Answer 60

When the world starts

Question 61

This is an event handler

Answer 61

A method that is executed in response to an event.

Question 62

This is what BDE stands for

Answer 62

Begin, During, End

Question 63

This world function returns a random number

Answer 63

random number

Question 64

In Alice, a random number is between these two values.

Answer 64

0 and 1

Question 65

You use this statement to display messages in the text console area while a world is running

Answer 65

print

Question 66

You can use these sound file types in Alice

Answer 66

mps, wav

Question 67

A method that is executed in response to an event is commonly referred to as an ______

Answer 67

event handler

Question 68

If you add a new behavior to an object, you add this type of method to it

Answer 68

Class-Level Method

Question 69

After you have saved an object to a new class, you do this to add an instance of it to a world.

Answer 69

Click File, Then Import

Question 70

In this process, the programmer goes through each step in an algorithm, expanding it until it has enough detail to be translated into actual instructions

Answer 70

Step-wise refinement

Question 71

This is a special variable that holds an argument being passed into a method.

Answer 71

Parameter

Question 72

In Alice, a property is really one of these

Answer 72

A class-level variable

Question 73

This instruction is required in all functions

Answer 73

Return

Question 74

To insert a graphical image into a world, you create one of these

Answer 74

Billboard

Question 75

This property specifies that the object will move with another object

Answer 75

vehicle

Question 76

The If/Else instruction tests a condition that must be of this type

Answer 76

Boolean

Question 77

An If/Else instruction that has an empty Else part is this type of structure

Answer 77

Single-Alternative decision structure

Question 78

An If/Else instruction that is inside of another If/Else instruction is said to be _________

Answer 78

Nested

Question 79

If you need to determine whether one value is greater than another value, you use one of these operators.

Answer 79

Relational

Question 80

You use this operator to determine whether one value is equal to another value

Answer 80

==

Question 81

You use this operator to determine whether one value is not equal to another value

Answer 81

!=

Question 82

A ______ is a set of instructions that the computer follows

Answer 82

Program

Question 83

The ______ structure is used to have one object move before another object

Answer 83

Do in order

Question 84

An _______ is a sequence of steps taht must be taken to perform a task

Answer 84

Algorithm

Question 85

The __________ structure is used to have two objects move towards each other at the same time

Answer 85

Do Together

Question 86

The object turns around it's ________ when you rotate it

Answer 86

Center

Question 87

The ______ method can be used to change the size of an object

Answer 87

Resize

Question 88

________ is a number system that consists of only 1s and 0s.

Answer 88

Binary

Question 89

_________ is a property that is used to make an object invisable

Answer 89

isShowing

Question 90

The ________ property is used to make an object disappear

Answer 90

Opacity

Question 91

The ______ property would be used to make an object purple.

Answer 91

Color

Question 92

________ are a set of programming statements that an object can execute

Answer 92

Methods

Question 93

_______ is a yellow box that appears around an object to indicate that it is selected.

Answer 93

Bounding Box

Question 94

________ are the words that make up a programming language

Answer 94

Keywords

Question 95

________ are used to specify the characteristics of an object.

Answer 95

Properties