CSCI 1301 Midterm Exam questions and answers 2024/2025
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CSCI 1301 Midterm Exam questions and answers 2024/2025
Program - ANSWERSinstructions executing on at a time
input - ANSWERSA program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard, touchscreen, network, etc.
Process - ANSWERSA program performs computations on that data, such as adding two value...
CSCI 1301 Midterm Exam questions and
answers 2024/2025
Program - ANSWERSinstructions executing on at a time
input - ANSWERSA program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard, touchscreen,
network, etc.
Process - ANSWERSA program performs computations on that data, such as adding
two values like x + y.
output - ANSWERSA program puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen,
network, etc.
Variables - ANSWERSrefer to data, like x, y, and z
computational thinking - ANSWERScreating a sequence of instructions to solve a
problem
Algorithm - ANSWERSa sequence of instructions that solve a problem
Python interpreter - ANSWERSa computer program that executes code written in the
Python programming language
interactive interpreter - ANSWERSa program that allows the user to execute one line of
code at a time
code - ANSWERSa common word for the textual representation of a program
line - ANSWERSa row of text
prompt >>> - ANSWERSindicates the interpreter is ready to accept code
statement - ANSWERSa program instruction
expressions - ANSWERScode that return a value when evaluated
variables - ANSWERSnamed references to values stored by the interpreter
assignment - ANSWERS=
print() - ANSWERSdisplays variables or expression values
, comments - ANSWERSoptional but can be used to explain portions of code to a human
reader
string - ANSWERStext enclosed in quotes
newline character - ANSWERSOutput can be moved to the next line by printing "\n",
known as a newline character.
escape sequence - ANSWERSa string that has a special meaning, like the newline
character that always starts with a backslash
whitespace - ANSWERSany space, tab, or newline
input() - ANSWERSused to read input from a user
type - ANSWERSdetermines how a value can behave
int() - ANSWERScan be used to convert that string to the integer 123
syntax error - ANSWERSviolates a programming language's rules on how symbols can
be combined to create a program
runtime error - ANSWERSa program's syntax is correct, but the program attempts an
impossible operation
crash - ANSWERSruntime error halts the execution of the program
logic error - ANSWERSthe program is logically flawed
bug - ANSWERSa logic error is often called
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) - ANSWERSwhat code development is
usually done with
bits - ANSWERSbinary digits
processors - ANSWERScreated to process a list of desired calculations
instruction - ANSWERSeach calculation is called an
memory - ANSWERSa circuit that can store 0s and 1s in each of a series of thousands
of addressed locations
program, application, or just app - ANSWERSprogrammer created sequence of
instructions
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