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Question 1

Use Case

Answer 1

describes a singular goal of one user and briefly outlines how they will accomplish the goal

Question 2

models how a user interacts with a program

Answer 2

Use Case Diagram

Question 3

Class Diagram

Answer 3

models the classes, or objects of a program

Question 4

Sequence Diagram

Answer 4

interaction between software components and order of events

Question 5

Activity diagram

Answer 5

a flowchart of an activity (loop, function, etc.) within the program

Question 6

Compiled Languages

Answer 6

C
C++
Java
C#

Question 7

Interpreted Languages

Answer 7

Python
JavaScript
MATLAB

Question 8

Statically Typed Languages

Answer 8

C
C++
Java

Question 9

Dynamically Typed Languages

Answer 9

Python

Question 10

Statically typed

Answer 10

languages are considered safer

Question 11

dynamically typed

Answer 11

considered easier to use and require fewer variables.

Question 12

4 parts of SDLC

Answer 12

Analysis - Design - Implementation - Testing

Question 13

assigns a variable with a value, such as x = 5

Answer 13

Assignment Statement

Question 14

declares a new variable, specifying the variable’s name and type.

Answer 14

variable declaration

Question 15

hold whole number values, like 1, 999, 0, or -25

values that are counted, like 42 cars, 10 pizzas, or -95 days.

Answer 15

Integer

Question 16

A name created by a programmer for an item like a variable or function

Answer 16

Identifier

Question 17

word that is part of the language, like integer, Get, or Put. A programmer cannot use a reserved word as an identifier

Answer 17

Reserved Word

Question 18

refers to the decimal point being able to appear anywhere (“float”) in the number.

values that are measured, like 98.6 degrees, 0.00001 meters, or -666.667 grams.

used when dealing with fractions of countable items, such as the average number of cars per household.

Answer 18

float

Question 19

A string is a sequence of characters, like “Hello” or “The forecast for today is sunny with highs of 75F.”.

Answer 19

string

Question 20

used in programs to hold the value of mathematical or physical constants, such as Pi, the speed of light, or kilograms per pound.

value item that holds a value that cannot change

ex. SOUND_SPEED is a float constant holding the speed of sound at sea level in miles/hour

Answer 20

Constant

Question 21

a loop that repeatedly executes the loop body while the loop’s expression evaluates to true

Number of iterations is not (easily) computable before the loop, like iterating until the input is ‘q’.

Answer 21

while loop

Question 22

loop consisting of a loop variable initialization, a loop expression, and a loop variable update that typically describes iterating for a specific number of times.

Number of iterations is computable before the loop, like iterating N times.

Answer 22

for loop

Question 23

a loop that first executes the loop body’s statements, then checks the loop condition

useful when the loop should iterate at least once

Answer 23

do-while loop