Coding the Micro:Bit

Question 1

The five development stages are…

Answer 1

1. Analysis
2. Design
3. Implementation
4. Testing
5. Evaluation

Question 2

What type of language do we write code in?

Answer 2

High-Level Language

Question 3

What is the code that a user has written called?

Answer 3

Source code

Question 4

What is the language understood by a computer?

Answer 4

Low-level language / Machine language

Question 5

What is used to translate high-level languages to machine code?

Answer 5

Translators (could be an interpreter or a compiler)

Question 6

What is the translated source code called?D

Answer 6

Executable code

Question 7

Define sequence programming

Answer 7

Statements are run one after the other in the order they are written (in sequence)

Question 8

Define conditional programming

Answer 8

Statements will run depending whether a condition is met or not

Question 9

Define iterations or loops

Answer 9

Statements will run for a number of times

Question 10

Define fixed loop

Answer 10

A loop that runs for a fixed number of times

Question 11

Define conditional loop

Answer 11

A loop that runs while or until a condition is being met