Digital design principles

Question 1

What is decomposition?

Answer 1

Breaking a large problem down into smaller, more manageable problems called sub problems.

Question 2

What is pattern recognition?

Answer 2

Involves observing key characteristics, patterns and trends in the data that is being considered

Question 3

What is abstraction?

Answer 3

Involves removing specific details from a problem that are not needed to solve it.

Question 4

What is an algorithm?

Answer 4

Used to design a solution. This is a step by step set of instruction that specifies how the problem is going to be solved. The order of the instructions in an algorithm is important. Both flowcharts and pseudo-code can be used in algorithm design

Question 5

What is a flowchart?

Answer 5

A graphical representation that includes special symbols and flow lines to represent the solution to a problem

Question 6

What is pseudo-code?

Answer 6

A set of English-like,language independent instructions that used keywords and control structures to represent the solution to a problem.