Year 8 Computing Quiz

What is the purpose of selection in pseudocode?

• To repeat a block of code

• To store data in variables

• To execute different blocks of code based on a condition

• To perform arithmetic operations

• To define the start and end of a program

Which keyword is typically used to start a selection statement in pseudocode?

• START

• PROCESS

• IF

• THEN

• ELSE

What keyword follows the condition in a pseudocode IF statement?

• IF

• THEN

• ELSE

• ENDIF

• CONDITION

What keyword introduces the alternative block of code to be executed if the IF condition is false?

• THEN

• ENDIF

• ELSE

• IFNOT

• OTHERWISE

What keyword is used to signify the end of an IF selection structure in pseudocode?

• END

• STOP

• ENDIFELSE

• ENDIF

• FINISHIF

Consider the pseudocode, and your age. What will it output?

IF age > 18 THEN

OUTPUT "Adult"

ENDIF

• Adult

• Minor

• 15

• True

• Nothing will be output

Consider the pseudocode. The score is 49. What will be output?

IF score >= 50 THEN

OUTPUT "Pass"

ELSE

OUTPUT "Fail"

ENDIF

• Fail

• Pass

• 60

• True

• False

In a nested IF statement, where is the second IF statement placed?

• Before the first IF statement

• After the ENDIF of the first IF statement

• Inside the THEN or ELSE block of the first IF statement

• Outside the entire first IF statement

• Only in a separate algorithm

What does the keyword ELSIF (or ELSE IF) allow you to check?

• The opposite of the initial condition

• If the previous IF statement was true

• An additional condition if the preceding IF condition was false

• If the program has reached the end

• If a variable has a specific data type

The colour is "Blue" what will the output be?

IF colour == "red" THEN

OUTPUT "Apple"

ELSIF colour == "green" THEN

OUTPUT "Grape"

ELSE

OUTPUT "Unknown"

ENDIF

• Apple

• Grape

• Blue

• Unknown

• No output