Which term describes the flowchart symbol with rounded ends that marks where an algorithm starts and finishes?
Terminal
What is meant by an input/output symbol in a flowchart?
A parallelogram used for input and output steps
Which term describes the diamond shaped symbol that holds a question with exactly two labelled exits?
Decision
What is meant by a process symbol in a flowchart?
A rectangle used for a calculation or an assignment
Which term describes the symbol that runs a separate named flowchart and is drawn as a rectangle with an extra vertical line just inside each side?
Sub program
What is meant by iteration in a flowchart?
Steps that repeat because an arrow leads back up
Which term describes the arrow that joins one symbol to the next in a flowchart?
Line
What is a flowchart?
A diagram of the steps of an algorithm, joined by arrows
Which flowchart symbol should contain a step such as total = total + price?
Process
How many exits must each decision symbol in a flowchart have?
Exactly two, both labelled
A flowchart sets count to 1. While count is 5 or less it outputs count and then adds 1 to count. How many numbers are output?
5
A flowchart inputs a length, inputs a width, multiplies them and outputs the result. What does the flowchart do?
Calculates the area of a rectangle
A flowchart repeats a group of steps until the user types the correct password. What type of iteration is this?
Condition-controlled
Why might a programmer replace a group of boxes in a flowchart with one sub program symbol?
To keep a large flowchart small and easier to read
A flowchart grades a mark by checking mark >= 70 and then mark >= 50. What would go wrong if the two checks were swapped?
A mark of 85 would be graded Merit
A flowchart outputs the numbers 1 to 10 using a counter that starts at 1 and increases by 1 each time round. Which Python code matches?
for count in range(1, 11): print(count)
A flowchart outputs 1, 2, 3 and so on forever. What is the most likely mistake in the flowchart?
The counter is never increased inside the loop
A flowchart checks the condition temperature < 20 before each repeat, and an arrow leads back up to the decision. Which Python statement matches this loop?
while temperature < 20
A flowchart shows the step INPUT length inside a rectangle. Which change makes this step correct?
Use a parallelogram, the input/output symbol
In a flowchart, one decision sits inside the Yes path of another decision. What does this show?
Selection nested inside selection
A flowchart contains the same four boxes, in the same order, three times. What is the best way to refine it?
Put the boxes inside a loop that repeats three times
A flowchart keeps inputting numbers until the user enters 0, and outputs each number that is not 0. The user enters 4, 6 and 0. Which numbers are output?
4 and 6
A flowchart inputs a number, then keeps inputting more numbers and compares each one with the value stored, replacing the stored value whenever the new number is larger. What does this flowchart do?
Finds the largest number entered
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