SDD Implementation

Question 1

Importance of Internal Comments?

Answer 1

Code is easier to understand
Start of the program to know who wrote the program when
To know what happens at each stage of the program

Question 2

Name 4 types of data types used in python

Answer 2

Integer
String
Boolean
Real

Question 3

What are the three Logical Operators

Answer 3

AND
OR
NOT

Question 4

What are the 6 basic arithmetic operators in programming

Answer 4

\+   -Addition
-   -Subtraction
*   -Multiplication
/   -Division
**  -Power
%  -Modulus

Question 5

Name the two types of loop

Answer 5

Fixed

Conditional

Question 6

What is the difference between a subroutine and a function

Answer 6

Function only returns one value

Subroutine returns many values

Question 7

Name the 5 types of Standard Algorithms

Answer 7

Find Min
Find Max
Input Validation
Linear Search
Counting Occurences

Question 8

State 5 advantages of 1-arrays compared to variables

Answer 8

Only one line of code
Transversed using loop structure
Parameter passing is easy in one line
Efficiency of code
Individual elements in array can be transversed by indexing