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Chapter 8 - Programming (IGCSE Computer Science)

Authored by Sat Arora

Computers

9th - 12th Grade

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Chapter 8 - Programming (IGCSE Computer Science)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a variable?

A special character or word in a programming language that identifies an action to be performed

A positive or negative whole number that can be used with mathematical operators

A named data store that contains a value that does not change during the execution of a program

A named data store that contains a value that may change during the execution of a program

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a constant?

A named data store that contains a value that does not change during the execution of a program

A special symbol or word in a programming language that identifies an action to be performed

A named data store that contains a value that may change during the execution of a program

A positive or negative whole number that can be used with mathematical operators

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an array?

A set of programming statements grouped together under a single name that can be called to perform a task in a program

A positive or negative whole number that can be used with mathematical operators

A data structure containing several elements of the same data type

A variable or constant that is several characters in length

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main reason for using a procedure in programming?

To save and retrieve data from a magical book

To perform calculations using wizardry

To declare, use, and manipulate different types of wands and spells

To group spells together under a single spellbook that can be called to perform a task in a program

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main purpose of a function in programming?

To group programming statements together under a single name that can be called to perform a task in a program

To declare, use, identify appropriate data types for, read and write arrays with one and two dimensions

To perform calculations using arithmetic operators

To store data in a file and retrieve data from a file

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the MOD operator in programming?

To find the magical remainder of a division

To uncover the hidden quotient (whole number part) of a division

To perform a mystical rounding of a value to a given number of decimal places

To conjure a random number

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the DIV operator do in programming?

To generate a random number

To round a value to a given number of decimal places

To return the quotient (whole number part) of a division

To return the remainder of a division

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