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Paper 2 - All Content Flashcards

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What is abstraction?

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Removing unnecessary detail from a problem to make it easier to understand and focus in on main elements.

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What is decomposition?

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Breaking down a problem into a series of sub problems to make it easier to understand and solve.

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What is an input?

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Allows user to put data into the computer system.

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What is a output?

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Displays the result of processing to the unit.

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What is a process?

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Turns a input into a output.

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What shape is a process?

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Rectangle.

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What shape is a start/end?

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Lozenge.

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What shape is a input/output?

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Parrelelogram.

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What shape is a sub program?

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Rectangle with two additional lines inside.

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What shape is a decision?

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Diamond, remember to add labels to branch arrows.

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What direction do you have to go in trace tables?

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Left to right, never go back on yourself.

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What are the conditions required to run a binary search?

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List must be in order, text and numbers.

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What happens in a binary search?

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Each time you select the middle item in a list, the irrelevant half is discarded. You repeat this until you have found the result.

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What happens in a binary search?

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Each time you select the middle item in a list, the irrelevant half is discarded. You repeat this until you have found the result.

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Is a binary search efficient?

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Yes.

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What is a linear search?

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Search that will work on any list. Starts at beginning of list and checks every item in order to see if it matches the search term.

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What is a positive and negative of using a linear search?

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Can search unordered lists, far less efficient than binary search.

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What is a bubble sort?

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At the end of every complete pass you put ONE item in order.

19
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What is a merge sort?

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Start with overall list and keep splitting it in half until you are left with one item in the sub list.

20
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What is insertion sort?

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Take first item and put it at top, you then take second item and put that in the correct position (left or right of card).

21
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What is a variable?

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Named location in memory which holds a value that can change during the running of a program.

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What is a constant?

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A constant is a value that cannot be changed during the running of the program.

23
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What is MOD?

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Modulus, remainder after INTEGER division is carried out,

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What is DIV?

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Integer division.

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What do MOD and DIV always return?

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Integers.

26
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What are the boolean operators?

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AND, OR, NOT

27
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What is real/float?

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decimal number, currency is real.

28
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What is a integer?

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Whole number.

29
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What is boolean?

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TRUE or FALSE.

30
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What is a character?

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Single alphanumerical digit.

31
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What is a string?

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One or more alphanumerical digits.

32
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What is casting?

A

Converting something from one data type to another.

33
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What is anticipating misuse, (defensive design)?

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Designing your program in such a way that it can protect against invalid inputs.

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What is authentication?

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Ensures a person is who they claim to be, an example of this could be username and password or two factor authentication.

35
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How can you improve maintainability?

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Sub Programs
Naming Conventions
Indentation
Commenting

36
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When do you carry out iterative testing?

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Throughout development.

37
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What is a logic error?

A

Errors which produce an unexpected output.

38
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What are the four types of test data?

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Normal
Boundary
Erroneous
Invalid

39
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What is normal testing?

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Using data which should be accepted during the normal running of the program.

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What is Boundary testing?

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Tested using data which is the correct data type and on the very edge of being accepted.

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What is invalid testing?

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Test data which is of the correct data type which should be rejected by the computer.

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What is erroneous testing?

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Test data which is of a incorrect data type and should be rejected by the program.

43
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What is the difference between high and low level languages?

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High level languages tend to resemble English and have to be translated in order to be executed by the program. They are not processor specific.

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