Year 8 | Intro to Python | Quiz 1

What is a program?

• A program is a type of hardware.
• A program is a set of instructions expressed in a programming language.

• A program is a user interface design.
• A program is a computer's memory.

What is an algorithm?

• A recipe for cooking a meal.
• A random guess about a problem.
• A collection of data without any steps.
• An algorithm is a step-by-step set of instructions for solving a problem.

Is a recipe an example of a program or an algorithm?

• Algorithm

• Program

In programming what is a variable?

• A variable is a name for a storage location that can hold a value and may change during program execution.

• A variable is a command that executes a specific task in a program.
• A variable is a type of function that performs calculations.
• A variable is a fixed value that cannot be changed during program execution.

Which version of a print() statement will run?

• print('Hello, World!')
• print("Hello, World!")

• PRINT("Hello, World!")

• Print('Hello World!'

What does the = sign mean in the following line of code:

name = "Brett"

?

• Name is equal to Brett

• Brett is being saved to the name variable

• "Brett" is being saved to the name variable

• Brett is equal to name

What key command word do we use if we want the user to enter data?

• print()

• if

• input()

• output()

Which of the following is a valid variable name in most programming languages?

• 1variable

• variable_name

• variable-name

• variable name

What does print() do in Python?

• The print() function executes a loop in Python.
• The print() function compiles code in Python.
• The print() function displays output to the console.
• The print() function saves output to a file.

What is wrong with the following code?

• The code is perfectly fine and requires no changes.
• The code does not need a comma.

• The code is missing a bracket.

• The code is missing it's speech marks