MT2

Question 1

What do arrays use?

Answer 1

Square brackets

Question 2

What are the five data types?

Answer 2

Integer
Boolean
Real (float)
Character
String

Question 3

What is a Syntax error?

Answer 3

It is an error that occurs when the interpreter shows an invalid syntax on executing the python code

Question 4

When do you use a fixed loop?

Answer 4

When you know in advance how many times you want to repeat a block of code

Question 5

What are fixed loops also known as?

Answer 5

‘For’ loop

Question 6

When are conditional loops used?

Answer 6

When you want to repeat a block of code until a specific condition is met

Question 7

What are conditional loops also known as?

Answer 7

‘While’ loop

Question 8

What is an input?

Answer 8

It is what you enter into the program for the program to use

Question 9

What is an output?

Answer 9

It is what the program prints onto the screen at the final stage of the code

Question 10

What is a process?

Answer 10

A process is the equation that the program has to do before it prints the final answer

Question 11

What is concatenation?

Answer 11

It is the process of combining or joining two or more strings to create a new string

Question 12

What is a simple condition?

Answer 12

It is a condition which evaluates whether a statement is true or false

Question 13

What does a complex condition involve?

Answer 13

It involves multiple comparisons or checks combined using logical operators

Question 14

what are logic errors?

Answer 14

Errors that occur due to flawed logic in the code

Question 15

what are indentation errors?

Answer 15

errors that occurs when tabs or spaces in a code do not follow expected patterns.

Question 16

Name and describe the 1 data structure we need to know.

Answer 16

Array, and it stores more than one value to a variable for efficiency

Question 17

what are the four ways of making code readable?

Answer 17

-white space
-indentation
-internal commentary
-meaningful variable names

Question 18

what does white space do?

Answer 18

it seperates sections of code with blank lines to make it easier to read

Question 19

what does indentation do?

Answer 19

indentation is essential for Python to run, using indentation shows what is happening at different steps of a loop

Question 20

what does internal commentary do?

Answer 20

Tells the reader what is going on in the code using hashtags

Question 21

what does meaningful variable names do?

Answer 21

ensures variables are called names that describe the data they hold

Question 22

what are the 3 design notations?

Answer 22

-structure diagram
-flowchart
-pseudocode