Question 1

What is computational thinking?

Accepted Answer

Using several techniques and approaches to solve problems

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Writing code

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Telling a computer what to do

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Thinking like a computer

Question 2

Which of these is not a computational thinking technique?

Accepted Answer

Coding

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Decomposition

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Abstraction

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Pattern recognition

Question 3

Only one of these 4 is an example of computational thinking, which is it?

Accepted Answer

Planning your public transport route before leaving the house

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Asking your siblings where to go

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Walking in a straight line until you reach your destination

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Taking buses at random until you reach your destination

Question 4

Why is computational thinking useful?

Accepted Answer

Allows us to find solutions to problems

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Allows us to think like a computer, in 1s and 0s

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Allows us to write code

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Allows us to build better computers

Question 5

What is decomposition?

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Breaking down a problem into more manageable parts

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Adding details to a problem to make it more complex

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Writing a set of step-by-step instructions

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Looking for similarities within problems

Question 6

Only one of these is an example of decomposition, which one?

Accepted Answer

Looking at the constituent parts of a car and understanding how they work together

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Looking for similarities between different cars

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Looking at the brand of a car

Question 7

What is abstraction?

Accepted Answer

A way to filter out irrelevant detail and characteristics

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A way to filter out useful information

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A way to create the step-by-step solution to a problem

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A way to add details to a problem to make it more complex

Question 8

In terms of abstraction, what is a model?

Accepted Answer

A way to represent a problem

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A piece of code

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The problem as it is

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A solution to a problem

Question 9

What is pattern recognition?

Accepted Answer

Looking for similarities within and among problems

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Adding details to a problem to make it more complex

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A set of step-by-step instructions

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Breaking down a problem into more manageable parts

Question 10

Which of these contains a pattern?

Accepted Answer

All fishes have fins

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My fish is in a bowl

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This fish is tasty

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This fish has a tail

Question 11

When is a solution inefficient?

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It has too many unnecessary steps

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It's faulty

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It isn't fully decomposed

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It doesn't fully solve the problem

Question 12

What is the process which allows us to make sure that our solution to a problem is correct?

Accepted Answer

Evaluation

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Algorithm

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Computational Thinking

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Abstraction

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