Middle School Coding final exam study cards

Question 1

What are the five essential elements of a computer?

Answer 1

inputs, outputs, programs, processes, and storage

Question 2

information

Answer 2

data that has meaning

Question 3

knowledge

Answer 3

using information in the real world

Question 4

system software

Answer 4

programs that help computers run smoothly(like an operating system)

Question 5

Application software

Answer 5

programs that help us accomplish tasks

Question 6

data

Answer 6

values like numbers or letters

Question 7

primary key

Answer 7

a field that uniquely identifies a record, such as an ID number

Question 8

What are the 3 main ways to control a program when writing code?

Answer 8

sequence, selection, and iteration

Question 9

selection

Answer 9

a statement that may/may not be executed, depending on the condition

Question 10

sequence

Answer 10

each statement is executed in order

Question 11

iteration

Answer 11

when one or more statements are repeated in a loop

Question 12

Boolean

Answer 12

true or false

Question 13

Kilobyte(KB)

Answer 13

1,000 bytes

Question 14

Megabyte(MB)

Answer 14

1,000 kilobytes

Question 15

Gigabyte(GB)

Answer 15

1,000 megabites

Question 16

Terabyte(TB)

Answer 16

1,000 gigabytes

Question 17

state 0

Answer 17

off

Question 18

state 1

Answer 18

on

Question 19

float

Answer 19

a decimal number

Question 20

IDE(Integrated Development Environment)

Answer 20

software that allows programmers to write/run code

Question 21

string

Answer 21

data type made up of one or more letters/numbers

Question 22

True or False:

A variable is a location in memory that creates a value.

Answer 22

True