Week 2 (Computational Thinking & Problem Solving)

Question 1

_______ is the process of identifying and utilizing the structure of concepts/main ideas. It can also mean to simplify and identify important things without worrying too much about the detail.

Answer 1

Abstraction

Question 2

In computational thinking, we use ____ to manage the complexity of the context or the content.

Answer 2

abstraction

Question 3

______ is an interdisciplinary field that includes computer sciences, molecular biology, biotechnology, statistics and engineering to collect, store, analyse, and disseminate biological data and information, such as DNA and amino acid sequences or annotations about those sequences.

Answer 3

Bioinformatics

Question 4

______ is an informal description of the steps involved in executing a computer program, often written in something similar to plain.

Answer 4

Pseudocode

Question 5

One way to perform ______ is to provide labelling, inkling numbers, letters, figures, and colouring, to simplify and standardise communication.

Answer 5

abstraction

Question 6

_______ is about following, identifying, using, and creating an ordered set of instructions. It is also about ordering things, either in ascending or descending order.

Answer 6

Algorithm

Question 7

______ allows us to order the complexity of the context or the content.

Answer 7

Algorithm

Question 8

______ is about breaking down data, processes or problems into smaller and more manageable components to solve a problem.

Each subproblem can then be examined or solved individually, as they are simpler to work with

Answer 8

Decomposition

Question 9

_______ ______ is observing patterns, trends and regularities in data. It also involves in spotting similarities and common differences between problems.

Answer 9

Pattern recognition