Paper 2 Programming Terms (Algorithmic Thinking)

Question 1

Input statement - string

Answer 1

variableName = input(“Question: “)

Question 2

Input statement - whole number

Answer 2

variableName = int(input(“Question: “))

Question 3

Input statement - decimal number

Answer 3

variableName = float(input(“Question: “))

Question 4

Output statement

Answer 4

print (“Displays the information”)

Question 5

Iteration - for loop (count controlled)

Answer 5

for loop in range (3):
print(“Repeats for set number”)

Question 6

Iteration - while loop (condition controlled)

Answer 6

count = 0
while count < 5:
print (count)
count +=1

Question 7

Selection - if/else

Answer 7

if day == “Saturday”:
print (“Yay - I love the weekend”)
else:
print (“I wish it was Saturday”)

Question 8

Selection - if/elif/else

Answer 8

if day == “Saturday”:
print (“Yay - I love the weekend”)
elif day == “Monday”:
print(“ Yippee - a new week!”)
else:
print (“I wish it was Saturday”)

Question 9

SWITCH Case

Answer 9

SWITCH day:
CASE ‘Saturday’:
print (“I love the weekend”)
CASE ‘Monday’:
print (“A new week!”)
default:
print(“I wish it was the Saturday”)

Question 10

1-dimensional array/list

Answer 10

listName = [0,1,2,3,4,5]
listNames = [‘Array’, ‘Starts’, ‘At’, ‘Zero’]

Question 11

2-dimensional array

Answer 11

ListOfLists = [[‘Sam’, ‘White’], [‘Alfie’, ‘Downing’], [‘Ivan’, ‘Williams’]]

Question 12

Length of a string

Answer 12

length = len(variableName)

Question 13

String - uppercase

Answer 13

upper = variableName.upper()

Question 14

String - lowercase

Answer 14

lower = variableName.lower()

Question 15

First 3 letters of string

Answer 15

LEFT (variableName, 3)
or
firstThree = variableName [:3]

Question 16

Last 3 letters of string

Answer 16

RIGHT (variableName, 3)
or
lastThree = variableName [-3:]