CS (Programming + Algorithms + Flowcharts)

Question 1

What are flowcharts?

Answer 1

Diagram depicting a process, a system or computer algorithm

Question 2

What is the diamond in flowcharts?

Answer 2

Represents a decision, or a question that needs to be answered

Question 3

What is the oval in flowcharts?

Answer 3

Represent the start and end of a process.

Question 4

What is the parallelogram in flowcharts?

Answer 4

Represents input or output operation, like reading data or printing results

Question 5

What is the arrow in flowcharts?

Answer 5

Connects process steps and shows the direction of the process flow.

Question 6

What is the rectangle in flowcharts?

Answer 6

Represents a task, action or operation in a process.

Question 7

Name all the sorting algorithms

Answer 7

Bubble sort
Insertion sort
Merge sort
Selection sort
Heap sort
Quick sort

Question 8

What are the two types of searching?

Answer 8

Linear search and binary search

Question 9

What are algorithms?

Answer 9

Set of instructions designed to finish and complete a process

Question 10

How is linear search different to binary search?

Answer 10

Linear search checks each element in a list, one by one.
Binary search divides the sorted list, comparing the middle element with the target value

Question 11

What is selection?

Answer 11

concept that involves making a decision

Question 12

Explain the fetch-decode-execute cycle

Question 13

What is abstraction?