Algorithms

Algorithms

1. What is an algorithm?

   • A set of step-by-step instructions to resolve a problem

2. What are algorithms used for?

   • To plan out the solution to a problem

3. How can an algorithm be represented?

   • As a flowchart or pseudocode

4. What is a flowchart?

   • A diagram that represents a set of instructions

5. What is the correct symbol for a process instruction in a flowchart?

   • A rectangle

6. What is the correct symbol for an input in a flowchart?

   • A parallelogram

7. What is the correct symbol for an output in a flowchart?

   • A parallelogram

8. What links each instruction in a flowchart?

   • An arrow

9. What is the correct symbol for a decision in a flowchart?

   • A diamond

10. What is pseudocode?

    • A way of describing a set of instructions that doesn’t use specific syntax