Programming Fundamentals

Question 1

What is iteration?

Answer 1

When a section if code is repeated

Question 2

What is selection?

Answer 2

When a choice is given in the program that leaves multiple outcomes

Question 3

What is a sequence?

Answer 3

The order in which programming instructions are executed

Question 4

What is this operator == and what type is it?

Answer 4

Equal to
Comparison operator

Question 5

What is this operator != and what type is it?

Answer 5

Not equal to
Comparison operator

Question 6

What is this operator < and what type is it?

Answer 6

Less than
Comparison operator

Question 7

What is this operator <= and what type is it?

Answer 7

Less than or equal to
Comparison operator

Question 8

What is this operator >= and what type is it?

Answer 8

Greater than or equal to
Comparison operator

Question 8

What is this operator > and what type is it?

Answer 8

Greater than
Comparison operator

Question 9

What is this operator + and what type is it?

Answer 9

Addition
Arithmetic

Question 10

What is this operator - and what type is it?

Answer 10

Subtraction
Arithmetic

Question 11

What is this operator / and what type is it?

Answer 11

Division
Arithmetic

Question 11

What is this operator * and what type is it?

Answer 11

Multiplication
Arithmetic

Question 12

What is this operator MOD and what type is it?

Answer 12

Modulo division (remainder from division)
Arithmetic

Question 13

What is this operator DIV and what type is it?

Answer 13

Integer division (how many times can a number go into another)
Arithmetic

Question 14

What is this operator ^/ ** and what type is it?

Answer 14

Exponentiation (to the power off)
Arithmetic

Question 15

What does the boolean operator AND mean?

Answer 15

Both values are true to return a true value

Question 16

What does the boolean operator OR mean?

Answer 16

One of the values is true to return

Question 17

What does the boolean operator NOT mean?

Answer 17

The opposite of the value

Question 18

What is a variable?

Answer 18

A stored value that can be changed throughout the program whilst it’s running

Question 19

What’s a string?

Answer 19

A sequence of characters

Question 20

What’s an integer?

Answer 20

A whole value

Question 21

What’s a real/float?

Answer 21

A decimal number

Question 22

What’s a boolean?

Answer 22

An answer that only has two possible values

Question 23

What’s casting?

Answer 23

Changing a data type from one to another

Question 24

What is an array?

Answer 24

A static data structure that holds a fixed number of data elements

Question 25

What’s a procedure?

Answer 25

Sub program that won’t return a value

Question 26

What’s a function?

Answer 26

Similar to procedures but will return a value

Question 27

What’s a parameter?

Answer 27

Special variables used to pass values into the sub program

Question 28

What’s an arguement?

Answer 28

The actual values that the parameters take when the sub program is called