Introductory Coding Concepts
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Introductory Coding Concepts is designed to provide students with a foundational understanding of computer programming. This course covers essential coding principles such as variables, data types, control structures, functions, and basic algorithms. Through hands-on activities and problem-solving exercises, students learn how to write, test, and debug simple programs using a beginner-friendly programming language. By the end of the course, learners are equipped with the skills necessary to tackle more advanced programming challenges and have a solid grasp of the logic and structure behind coding.
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Starting Out with Programming Logic and Design 3rd Edition by Tony Gaddis
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and Programming
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Q1) What is the encoding technique called that is used to store negative numbers in the computer's memory?
A)Unicode
B)ASCII
C)Floating-point notation
D)Twos complement
E)None of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Data is not recorded magnetically on a(n)____________,but is encoded as a series of pits on the disk surface.
A)disk drive
B)floppy disk
C)USB drive
D)optical disk
E)None of the above
Answer: D
Q3) RAM is a volatile memory used for temporary storage while a program is running.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Input, processing, and Output
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Q1) Most programming languages do not automatically print spaces between multiple items that are displayed on the screen.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The process where the programmer steps through each of the program's statements one by one is called _____________.
A)Hand tracing
B)Debug
C)Execute
D)Run
E)Checking
Answer: A
Q3) A sequence of characters that is used as data is called a string in programming.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The word ________________is used to declare a named constant. Answer: Constant
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Chapter 3: Modules
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Q1) Which type of variable is visible to every module and the entire program?
A)Local
B)Pass by value
C)Reference
D)Global
E)Pass by reference
Answer: D
Q2) What phrase is placed in the starting terminal symbol of a module in a flowchart?
A)Start
B)Begin
C)Name of the module
D)Continue
E)Resume Answer: C
Q3) An attempt to pass a non-variable argument into a reference variable parameter will cause an error.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Decision Structures and Boolean Logic
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Q1) The _______ symbol indicates that some condition must be tested in a flowchart.
A)Rectangle
B)Oval
C)Parallelogram
D)Square
E)Diamond
Q2) The _________ symbol is used to represent a selection structure in flowcharting.
Q3) The expression with an AND operator ___________ when the expression on its left is false and so it does not evaluate the expression on its right.
Q4) Consider the following statement:
A store is giving a discount of 30% for all purchases of over $100.
Which of the following is not the appropriate structure to use to program the statement?
A)Control
B)Decision
C)Selection
D)Sequence
E)None of the above
Q5) A ____________ expression evaluates as either true or false.
Q6) The _____ operator is best to determine whether a number is outside a range.
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Chapter 5: Repetition Structures
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Q1) The following is an example of what type of loop? For k = 7 To maxValue
A)Count-controlled
B)Condition-controlled
C)While D)Do-while
E)Do-until
Q2) The While loop is known as a pretest loop,which means it tests its condition before performing an iteration.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When processing a long list of values with a loop,the program knows it has reached the end of the list when the _________ value is read.
Q4) In a For loop a negative step value is used to __________ the counter variable.
Q5) A While loop repeats infinitely when there is no statement inside the loop body that makes the test condition false.
A)True B)False
Q6) A ______________ structure is commonly known as a loop.
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Chapter 6: Functions
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Q1) The variable r would contain the value ________ after the execution of the following statement.
Declare Integer i = 12
Declare Real r
Set r = toReal (i)
A)12
B)1.2
C)12.0
D)0.12
E)None of the above
Q2) What is the data type of the value returned by the random library function?
A)String
B)Integer
C)Boolean
D)Real
E)None of the above
Q3) A ___________ statement specifies the value that is returned from the function when the function ends.
Q4) The ________ chart is a tool that programmers use when designing functions.
Q5) A function is a group of _________ that perform a specific task.
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Chapter 7: Input Validation
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Q1) An input validation loop is sometimes called an error handler.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Checking for accuracy of data,even when the user provides the right type of data,is part of input validation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following library functions could be used to validate that the correct data type was input for an amount of money?
A)isInteger
B)isString
C)toLower
D)isReal
E)All of the above
Q4) If the user provides bad data as input to a program,the program will correct the data and produce output.
A)True
B)False
Q5) An error trap can be performed by a(n)____________________ validation loop.
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Chapter 8: Arrays
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Q1) A partially filled array is normally used with __________.
A)a library function that performs array insertions
B)an accompanying variable that holds a copy of the last item stored in the array
C)an accompanying integer variable that holds the number of items that are actually stored in the array
D)a warning to the user that some of the elements contain invalid values
E)None of the above
Q2) The storage locations in an array are known as _________________.
Q3) When processing the data in a two-dimensional array,each element has two subscripts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Every element in an array is assigned a unique number known as a
A)subscript
B)integer
C)character
D)number
E)None of the above
Q5) Arrays are designed to store and process a ________ of data.
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Chapter 9: Sorting and Searching Arrays
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Q1) In the swap module,the third variable is declared as a __________ variable.
A)Global
B)Reference
C)Local
D)Constant
E)None of the above
Q2) For an array of n items,the average number of comparisons in a sequential search is _______.
Q3) In the bubble sort algorithm,the two arguments sent into the swap module are
A)array[index] and array[index-1]
B)array[index+1] and array[index-1]
C)array[index-1] and array[index+1]
D)array[index-1] and array[index]
E)None of the above
Q4) When values in an array need to be swapped,the array and the size of the array have to be sent to the swap module.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The bubble sort is limited to arranging data only in acceding order.
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Chapter 10: Files
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Q1) The direct access file is also known as a ___________ access file.
Q2) The ________________ usually indicates the type of data stored in the file.
Q3) In general,how many types of files are there?
A)one
B)two
C)three
D)five
E)None of the above
Q4) When writing a program to perform a file operation,there are _________ names that you have to work with in the program's code.
Q5) All types of data files are viewable in a text editor.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The use of a buffer increases the system's performance because writing data to memory is faster than writing to a disk.
A)True
B)False
Q7) When a program performs the task of retrieving data from a file,it is known as __________ data from/to the file.
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Chapter 11: Menu-Driven Programs
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Q1) The If-Then-Else If statement can be used as an alternative for performing the user's menu selection.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following decision structures could be used in a menu-driven program?
A)Case structures
B)If-Then-Else If statements
C)If-Then-Else statements
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
Q3) Any program that allows the user to select an item from a menu should ____________ the user's selection.
A)store
B)validate
C)hide
D)write
E)All of the above
Q4) The ____________ statement is the easiest and most straightforward method to process a user's menu selection.
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Chapter 12: Text Processing
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Q1) In pseudocode you can use the _________ library function to determine whether a character is whitespace.
Q2) In pseudocode you can use the _________ library function to determine whether a character is a numeric digit.
Q3) Assuming the following variable declaration, Declare String str = "ABC" which of the following pseudocode statements displays the last character in the string?
A)Display str[0]
B)Display str[3]
C)Display str[length(str)]
D)Display str[length(str)- 1]
E)None of the above.
Q4) In pseudocode you can use the _________ library function to determine whether a character is lowercase.
Q5) In pseudocode you can use the _________ library function to determine whether a character is an alphabetic letter.
Q6) A ____________ character is a space,a tab,or a newline.
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Chapter 13: Recursion
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Q1) The Fibonacci Series is a well-known mathematical problem that is solved recursively.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Comparing the recursive algorithm of a binary search with its counterpart,without recursion,it is much more elegant and easier to understand.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a recursive call,the computer actions of setting up memory for parameters and local variables and storing the address of the program location where control returns after the module terminates is called ______________.
Q4) Which of the following can be solved with recursion?
A)Finding the greatest common divisor
B)Binary search
C)The Fibonacci Series
D)None of the above
E)All of the above
Q5) If a module has called itself six times,the depth of recursion was ____________.
Q6) When a recursive module calls only itself,it is called a ___________ recursion.
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Chapter 14: Object-Oriented Programming
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Q1) When a class variable is assigned the address of an object,it is said that the variable references the object.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The act of declaring a class variable does not actually create an object in memory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A method that gets a value from a class's field but does not change it is known as a(n)____________ method.
Q4) The variables,arrays,or other data structures that are stored in the object are known as the object's __________.
A)Records
B)Methods
C)Addresses
D)Fields
E)None of the above
Q5) The object's ___________ are the modules and functions of the object.
Q6) Each object that is created from a class is called a(n)_________ of the class.
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Chapter 15: Gui Applications and Event-Driven Programming
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Q1) When creating a GUI program,the programmer must design the program's windows and all of the text components that appear in them.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Some of the common GUI components are class,object,methods,and fields.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If an event occurs and there is no event handler to respond to that event,the event is ignored.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the first thing you should do before constructing a window in the IDE?
A)Draw a sketch of the window
B)Create flowchart of the window's events
C)Name each of the components
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
Q5) The color,size,and position of a component are known as the _________________ of the component.
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Q6) The acronym IDE stands for _____________________________.
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