Algorithms and flowcharts

Decomposition is a term used to define...

• The process of assigning value to a variable.
• The process of taking out unnecessary details from problems.
• The process of breaking down problems into smaller problems.
• The process of coding a problem.

Abstraction is.....

• The process of drawing abstract pictures.
• The process of assigning values to variables.
• The process of breaking down problems.
• The process of removing unnecessary details from a problem.

What is the correct definition of an algorithm?

• An algorithm is a step by step instructions to solve a problem.
• An algorithm is a process of baking bread.
• An algorithm is a software used to compute numbers.
• An algorithm is the process of breaking problems.

Why do we need algorithms?

• To tell the mouse and keyboard what to do

• To achieve a given task

• To use computational thinking

• None of these reasons!

A diagram that represents a set of instructions is called:

• Computers

• Shapes

• Pseudocode

• Flow Chart

What is a flowchart?

• A textual representation of algorithms.
• A graphical representation of algorithms.
• A cluster of different shapes.
• A program code written in Logo.

What is the correct symbol for an input in a flowchart?

• A diamon
• A square
• A parallelogram
  
•  A rectangle

The process carried out in computer systems is represented by _______________ in flowchart.

• Rectangle
• parallelogram 
• Square
• Diamond

What links each instruction in a flowchart?

• A line 
• A double line
• An arrow
• A double arrow

Computers can solve any problem that can be computationally solved.

• TRUE
• FALSE