Programming Techniques

Question 1

Data types

Answer 1

Integer
Float
String
Character
Boolean

Question 2

Casting

Answer 2

Changing the data type

Question 3

Maintenance

Answer 3

Commente
Descriptive variable naming
Indents
Sub programs

Question 4

Variable

Answer 4

A named location in memory that holds a single value and that value can be changed whilst the program is running

Question 5

Constant

Answer 5

A named location in memory that holds a single value and that value can not be changed whilst the program is running

Question 6

List

Answer 6

A named location in memory that holds multiple values. It is dynamic and can change size to hold more items whilst program is running

Question 7

Array

Answer 7

A named location in memory that holds multiple values and those values can not change whilst program run. It is static

Question 8

Data constructs

Answer 8

Sequence
Selection
Iteration

Question 9

While loop

Answer 9

Condition controlled

Question 10

For loop

Answer 10

Count controlled

Question 11

Computational thinking

Answer 11

Abstraction- removing irrelevant information from a problem to focus on important information

Decomposition- breaking down the problem into smaller more manageable tasks

Algorithmic thinking- establishing a step by step solution to solving the problem