CHAPTER 4 INTRO TO PROBLEM SOLVING PSEUDOCODE

Question 1

What is Pseudocode?

Answer 1

really structured English that has been formalized and abbreviated to look like the high-level computer languages.

Question 2

What is Input?

Answer 2

A list of source data provided to the problem.

Question 3

What are Processes?

Answer 3

A list of actions needed to produce the required outputs.

Question 4

What is Output?

Answer 4

A list of the outputs required.

Question 5

Keywords for input :

Answer 5

a. Prompt and Get - used to indicate that input will be receive from the keyboard
b. Read - use to indicate that input will be retrieve from record in file

Question 6

Keywords for Output :

Answer 6

a. Display, Output, Put - used when we want output to be displayed to the computer screen
b. Print - enables output to be sent to a printer
c. Write - enables output to be written to a file

Question 7

What is Desk Checking?

Answer 7

a. process of tracing through the pseudocode with some test data
b. help eliminate errors but will not be able to prove that your algorithm is correct