Computational Thinking: Algorithms
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- Q1What is an algorithm?Patterns and trends used to solve a problemA programming languageA set of step-by-step instructions to resolve a problem30s
- Q2What are algorithms used for?As a platform to program a solutionTo plan out the solution to a problemTo test a solution to a problem30s
- Q3How can an algorithm be represented?As a flowchart or pseudocodeAs a flowchartAs pseudocode30s
- Q4What is a flowchart?A way of describing a set of instructions that doesn’t use specific syntaxA high-level language that has specific syntaxA diagram that represents a set of instructions30s
- Q5When an algorithm is written in the form of a programming language, it becomes aFlowchartProgramPseudo-code30s
- Q6Which algorithm will direct bee-bot to the flower at the end of the track.move forward move forwardmove forward move forward move forwardmove forward turn left move forward30s
- Q7Which algorithm will direct Bee-Bot to the flower.move forward (x 2) turn right move forward (x 3) turn right move forward (x 2)move forward turn right move forward turn right move forwardmove forward (x 2) turn left move forward (x 3) turn right30s
- Q8The image is an example ofa flowchartsyntaxprogramming60s
- Q9Choose an algorithm for the image provided.Start with a square Put a triangle right of square Put a parallelogram below square Put triangle right of parallelogramStart with a square Put a parallelogram above the square Put a triangle right of the parallelogramStart with a square Put a triangle above the square Put a triangle below the square60s
- Q10Which algorithm will NOT work?Start with a square. Put a triangle below the square. Put a triangle to the right of the square.Start with a square. Put a triangle to the right of the square. Put a triangle below the square.Start with a square. Put a triangle below. Put a square right of the triangle.60s
- Q11Which step should go at the beginning of this algorithm?poke hole in soildirty teethput foot in shoe60s
