What is the purpose of a flowchart?
To show fine details of a program
To show an overview of a program
To describe instructions to a human
What is syntax?
The grammatical rules of a programming language
The components of a flowchart
An old-fashioned programming language
Which of the following is an advantage of using pseudocode?
It is easy to see how a program flows
It is quick to produce
Changes to the design can be made easily
What is an identifier?
A meaningful name given to variables, constants and subroutines
A name for a two-dimensional array
Another name for a constant
What type of variable exists only within a subroutine?
Global
Local
Constant
What type of variable is used throughout a whole program?
Which of the following statements implement a count-controlled iteration?
for next
repeat until
while endwhile
What is a sequence?
A programming construct that determines the order in which data is stored
A programming construct that determines the order in which instructions are carried out
A programming construct that determines the order in which files are accessed
Which form of condition-controlled iteration tests the condition at the end of the loop?
Which form of condition-controlled iteration tests the condition at the start of the loop?