Algorithms

What is an algorithm?

• Patterns and trends used to solve a problem

• A set of step-by-step instructions to resolve a problem

• A programming language

What are algorithms used for?

• To plan out the solution to a problem

• As a platform to program a solution

• To test a solution to a problem

How can an algorithm be represented?

• As a flowchart only

• As pseudocode only

• As a flowchart or pseudocode

What is a flowchart?

• A diagram that represents a set of instructions

• A high-level language that has specific syntax

• A way of describing a set of instructions that doesn’t use specific syntax

What is the correct symbol for a process instruction in a flowchart?

• A rectangle

• A parallelogram

• A square

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

• A parallelogram

• A rectangle

• A square

What links each instruction in a flowchart?

• A line

• A double line

• An arrow

What is the correct symbol for a decision in a flowchart?

• A rectangle

• A diamond

• A square

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

• A parallelogram

• A rectangle

• A diamond

Algorithms are 1 of the 4 techniques of Computational Thinking

• True

• False