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Summer Exams 2
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- 1What is computational thinking?A set of techniques to help solve problems
- 2Why do we need to think computationally?To solve complex problems more easily
- 3What is a complex problem?A problem that at first it is not easy to solve
- 4What technique involves breaking a problem down?Decompostition
- 5How many techniques are usually required to create a successful computer program?Four
- 6When is a computer most likely to be used?At the end
- 7What is decomposition?Breaking down a complex problem
- 8Why do we decompose a complex problem?To make it easier to solve
- 9How often do we decompose problems?On a daily basis
- 10What is pattern recognition?Looking for similarities within problems
- 11What might happen if we don't look for patterns?We might create an incorrect or inefficient solution
- 12What is abstraction?The process of filtering out unnecessary detail
- 13What is a model?A model is a representation of a problem
- 14What is an algorithm?A set of step by step instructions
- 15What are algorithms used for?To plan out the solution to a problem
- 16How can an algorithm be represented?As a flowchart or a pseudocode
- 17What is a flowchart?A diagram that represents a set of instructions
- 18What is the correct symbol for a process instruction in a flowchart?A rectangle
- 19What is the correct symbol for an input and an output in a flowchart?A parallelogram
- 20What links each instruction in a flowchart?An arrow
- 21What is the correct symbol for a decision in a flowchart?A diamond
- 22What is pseudocode?A way of describing a set of instructions that doesn't use specific syntax
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- Year 7 Computing Flashcards on Summer Exams 2, created by Olivia Carpenter on 02/02/2018.
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