SSD: Data Types

What is a variable?

• a space set aside in memory to store data

• a program in which characters display at random

• the term given to the software developer

• the term given to the software user

What is a character?

• a true or false value

• a whole number

• any letter, punctuation mark or symbol from the keyboard

• a number with decimal places

What is a string?

• a sequence of real numbers

• a sequence of characters

• a sequence of variables

• any character, real, integer or boolean data

Numbers can be either real or integer. What is an integer?

• a whole number (positive or negative)

• a number with decimal places (positive only)

• a number with decimal places (negative only)

• any number written as a fraction

Numbers can be either real or integer. What is a real number?

• a whole number

• a number with decimal places

• a positive number

• a number written as a fraction

What are real numbers also known as?

• sinking point

• floating point

• surfing point

• false point

Boolean variables can only store how many values?

• less than 10

• 10 or more

• 1

• 2

What are the values that Boolean variables can store?

• X and Y

• Correct and Incorrect

• True and False

• Happy and Sad

If a number is set as character data type...

• it cannot be treated as a number (no arithmetical calculations can be performed)

• it can still be treated as a number (arithmetical calculations can be performed)

• it will be rejected by the software

• it will crash the program

Which data type is the variable in:

IF (password <> "hhs@sch00l") THEN

• integer

• real

• string

• boolean