Which task is most suitable to plan with a flow chart?
The steps a website user follows to register for an account
Who would need to understand a flow chart that sets out a computer game character's algorithm?
Programmers and animators
Which of these programs is specialist software designed for creating flow charts?
Lucidchart
Why is it important that a flow chart uses the standard symbols for terminators, processes, decisions and inputs?
So that any user can read and understand it
A draft flow chart shows a decision but the arrows leaving it have no labels. What is the best way to improve it?
Label the arrows with Yes and No
A flow chart for a cinema's film marketing process shows only two of the five stages. How can it be improved?
Add the missing stages so it shows the whole process
A flow chart for a website registration asks whether the email address is already in use. Once the chart is built into the website, who or what takes this decision?
The program running the website
A flow chart for a game character shows the character walking forward but nothing about what happens if it reaches a wall. What should be added?
A decision about whether a wall has been hit
A web developer is improving a draft flow chart for someone logging in to a website. The chart shows the password being typed and then checks it against the stored password. What should the input contain?
A variable holding the password that was typed
A designer has no specialist flow chart software but needs to make a simple chart for a colleague. Which program could be used?
Microsoft PowerPoint
A designer needs to plan what a magazine advert will look like. Why is a flow chart not suitable for this?
It shows a process, not the appearance of a product
Which term describes a diagram that breaks a process down into separate stages and shows the decisions that need to be taken?
Flow chart
What is meant by a terminator in a flow chart?
A rounded rectangle or oval used to show the start and end of a process
What is the name for the diamond-shaped symbol that contains a question and has Yes and No lines leading from it?
Decision
What is meant by an input or output symbol in a flow chart?
A parallelogram used to show information being entered or displayed
In a flow chart, which symbol is used to show a single step that is carried out in the process?
A rectangle, which is the process symbol
What do the arrows in a flow chart show?
The direction the process flows in
How can a flow chart be created?
On a computer, or by hand
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