Quiz on Computational Thinking

Computational thinking primarily focuses on:

• Memorizing facts

• Step-by-step problem solving

• Writing in natural language

• Random guessing

Which of the following is NOT a feature of computational thinking?

• Abstraction

• Pattern recognition

• Trial-and-error guessing

• Decomposition

Computational thinking is mainly applied in:

• Cooking recipes only

• Solving mathematical, scientific, and real-world problems

• Only computer programming

• Art and painting only

Which of the following is a cornerstone of computational thinking?

• Debugging

• Abstraction

• Recursion

• Printing output

Pattern recognition in computational thinking means:

• Ignoring differences

• Identifying similarities to simplify solutions

• Repeating the same program multiple times

• Guessing answers

Breaking down a large task into smaller tasks is called:

• Decomposition

• Debugging

• Overloading

• Transformation

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a good algorithm?

• Finiteness

• Ambiguity

• Effectiveness

• Definiteness

An algorithm must always:

• Run infinitely

• Have clear and unambiguous steps

• Give multiple answers

• Be written in C language only

A characteristic of a deterministic algorithm is:

• Gives different outputs for the same input

• Always produces the same output for the same input

• Works without inputs

• Randomly generates answers

A common problem-solving strategy in computer science is:

• Guessing

• Brute force, divide and conquer, greedy methods

• Sleeping until the answer appears

• None of these