CSIM 1.1-1.2 Vocab Quiz

People who apply their knowledge of computation to creating solutions using a computer system

• Computer Scientists

• Robots

• Algorithmic Thinking

The science of creating artifacts and solving problems using the help of a computer. Some of the areas of focus include software engineering, programming, data analysis, algorithms, graphics, and animation.

• Computer Science

• Algorithmic Thinking

• Program

To carry out or put into effect.

• Program

• Execute

• Algorithm

Building interactive physical systems using software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world

• Computer Science

• Physical Computing

a short-range wireless technology that connects electronic devices

• Algorithmic Thinking

• Bluetooth Technology

• Computer Science

• Physical Computing

a small computer on a single, integrated circuit containing a processor, memory, and programmable inputs and outputs

• Computer Scientists

• Program

• Microcontroller

• Flowchart

A command that performs different actions depending on whether a condition is true or false.

• Microcontroller

• Flowchart

• Computer Scientists

• Conditional Statement

a set of instructions that a computer executes to achieve a particular objective

• Flowchart

• Algorithm

• Program

Match the term with it's definition

• an ordered set of instructions

• Program

• a diagram that represents an algorithm

• Algorithm

• set of instructions a computer executes

• Flowchart

the process of solving a problem using a series of steps

• Decomposition

• Algorithmic Thinking

• Execute