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What is a microcontroller?

• A type of large mainframe computer

• A small Playstation controller

• A type of smartphone made by Samsung

• A small computer on a single integrated circuit

What are sensors?

• Devices that detect or measure a given thing

• Devices that change the outside temperature

• Devices used to measure how much you love your dog

• A device that makes a vehicle run

Which is NOT an example of a sensor.

• Thermometer
• Security light

• Smoke detector

• Classroom Projector

Which sensor does NOT feature on a micro:bit?

• Touch sensor

• Humidity sensor

• Light sensor
• Temperature sensor

What type of chart is this?

• Pie chart
• Bar chart
• Line chart
• Column chart

Which keyword is used by Microsoft Excel to add together the numbers across a range of cells?

• AVERAGE

• SUM

• TOTAL

• ADD

What is Python?

• A type of snake
• A type of food
• A type of car
• A programming language

What are the 3 different ways that computers read code?

• Sequence

  Left-to-Right

  Top-to-Bottom

• Forwards

  Backwards

  Left-to-Right

• Up

  Down

  Diagonal

• Sequence

  Selection

  Iteration

What does the following code do with our micro:bit?

• Says the current temperature through the in-built speaker

• Measures the current temperature

• Scrolls the current temperature across the LED matrix

• Flashes the current temperature on the LED matrix

What does while True do in Python code?

• It creates an endless loop

• It stops the program

• It checks if True is a valid variable
• It throws an error