Programming Fundamentals

Question 1

String

Answer 1

Text - “Hello”

Question 2

Integer

Answer 2

Whole number e.g. 32

Question 3

Float/Real

Answer 3

Decimal number e.g. 12.1

Question 4

Boolean

Answer 4

True or False

Question 5

Charecter

Answer 5

A single charecter e.g. b

Question 6

Casting

Answer 6

is when you want to change between data types

Question 7

Variable

Answer 7

can be assigned value during the program

Question 8

Local Variable

Answer 8

a variable that can only be used in the structure they are declared in

Question 9

Global Variable

Answer 9

a variable that can be used in any part of the code

Question 10

Constant

Answer 10

A value that can not be altered whilst the program is running

Question 11

Assignments

Answer 11

A statement that sets a value to a variable

Question 12

Exponentiation

Answer 12

Raises a number to a power

Question 13

Quotient/DIV

Answer 13

Give a whole number after a division

Question 14

Remainder/MOD

Answer 14

gives the remainder part of a division

Question 15

==

Answer 15

is equal to

Question 16

! <>

Answer 16

is not equal to

Question 17

<

Answer 17

is less than

Question 18

>

Answer 18

is more than

Question 19

> =

Answer 19

is more than or equal to

Question 20

<=

Answer 20

is less than or equal to

Question 21

What are the boolean operators

Answer 21

AND, OR and NOT

Question 22

One dimension array

Answer 22

like a list
examples:
array students [3]
students [0] = “Bob”
students [1] = “Dave”
students [2] = “Bob”

print (students[1])

Question 23

Two dimension array

Answer 23

These are lists within lists like a table.

Question 24

Sequence

Answer 24

Programs is completed in steps one after the other.

Question 25

Selection

Answer 25

where there are different paths in your code e.g. elif, if, else

Question 26

Iteration

Answer 26

When there is repetition in code for example a WHILE loop

Question 27

Function x.length

Answer 27

Give the lengths of the string

Question 28

Function x.upper

Answer 28

Changes it to upper case

Question 29

Function x.lower

Answer 29

Changes it to lower case

Question 30

Function x[i]

Answer 30

Give the charecter in position i

Question 31

Function x.substring(a,b)

Answer 31

give the characters from position a with the length b

Question 32

Function +

Answer 32

joins to strings together

Question 33

File Handling - Myfile=openRead(“myfile.text”)

Answer 33

Opens a file in read mode

Question 34

File Handling -Myfile=openWrite(“myfile.text”)

Answer 34

Opens the file in write mode

Question 35

File Handling - Myfile.writeLine (“Hello”)

Answer 35

Writes a line to the file

Question 36

File Handling - Line1=myfile.readLine()

Answer 36

Reads one line of the file

Question 37

File Handling - Myfile.close()

Answer 37

Closes the file

Question 38

File Handling - endOfFile()

Answer 38

Used to determine the end of the file

Question 39

Procedures

Answer 39

a set of instructions stored under a name so that you can call the procedure to run the whole set of instructions.

Question 40

Parameters

Answer 40

variables used to pass values into a function or procedure.