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3.1 Algorithms

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is an algorithm?

Back (Answer)

A set of instructions to complete a task

#2
Front (Question)

What is decomposition?

Back (Answer)

Breaking down problems into sub problems until each sub problem can be solved separately

#3
Front (Question)

What is Pseudocode and its benefits?

Back (Answer)

-Pseudocode is a way of writing code in plain English -Pseudocode can be translated into all other coding languages -It can be easy to understand

#4
Front (Question)

What are terminators in a flowchart and what shape is it?

Back (Answer)

-A start or end -It is oval shaped

#5
Front (Question)

What is an input/output in flowchart and what shape is it?

Back (Answer)

-Where a flowchart is inputting information or outputting it back to the user -It is a parallelogram shape -writeline and readline in VB -OUTPUT and USERINPUT in Pseudocode

#6
Front (Question)

Which shape represents a process happening in a flowchart?

Back (Answer)

Rectangle

#7
Front (Question)

What is: IF THEN… …ELSE

Back (Answer)

-Form of selection -If a certain condition is met, this code will run otherwise it will not -logical test

#8
Front (Question)

What is: WHILE… …ENDWHILE

Back (Answer)

-Indefinite iteration -Code is repeated until a condition is met -Checks the condition before the code inside is executed

#9
Front (Question)

What is: REPEAT… …UNTIL

Back (Answer)

-Indefinite iteration -Code is repeated until a condition is met -Checks the condition after the code inside is executed

#10
Front (Question)

What is: FOR… …ENDFOR

Back (Answer)

-Definite Iteration -Repeats the code a set number of times

#11
Front (Question)

What is USERINPUT?

Back (Answer)

What the user types in

#12
Front (Question)

What is OUTPUT?

Back (Answer)

What the computer displays onto the screen

#13
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? +

Back (Answer)

Addition

#14
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? -

Back (Answer)

Subtration

#15
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? *

Back (Answer)

Multiplication

#16
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? /

Back (Answer)

Division

#17
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? ^

Back (Answer)

-Carrot -Used for indices

#18
Front (Question)

What is DIV?

Back (Answer)

-Division which only returns the integer - 9 DIV 2 = 8 - \ in VB

#19
Front (Question)

What is MOD?

Back (Answer)

-Division which only returns the remainder -9 MOD 2 = 1 -Modulas

#20
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? =

Back (Answer)

Equal to

#21
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? >

Back (Answer)

Greater than

#22
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? <

Back (Answer)

Less than

#23
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? ≥ in Pseudocode >= in VB

Back (Answer)

Greater than or equal to

#24
Front (Question)

What does this symbol mean? ≤ in Pseudocode =< in VB

Back (Answer)

Less than or equal to