Unit 7 - Parameters, Return, and Libraries

Question 1

What is a parameter?

Answer 1

A variable in a function definition used as a placeholder for values that will be passed through the function.

Question 2

What is an argument?

Answer 2

The value passed to the parameter.

Question 3

What does ‘return’ do in a function?

Answer 3

Used to return the flow of control to the point where the procedure was called and to return the value of the expression.

Question 4

What is procedural abstraction?

Answer 4

A process that allows a procedure to be used only knowing what it does, not how it does it. It enables solving a large problem based on smaller subproblems.

Question 5

What is a library in programming?

Answer 5

A group of functions (procedures) that may be used in creating new programs.

Question 6

What does API stand for?

Answer 6

Application Program Interface - specifications for how functions in a library behave and can be used.

Question 7

What is modularity in programming?

Answer 7

The subdivision of a computer program into separate subprograms.