Practice Program Coding (4) - Program Coding - ICSE 8 Computer Applications

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Question 1.
What is the purpose of a programming language?
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Think about how we communicate with machines.
Question 2.
Name one feature of a good program.
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What do we need our program to do?
3Question 3.
What is program coding?
- Writing natural language
- Writing computer instructions
- Designing graphics
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Think about what you do when you write code.
4Question 4.
True or False: High-level languages are easier than low-level languages for beginners.
- True
- False
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Consider which type of language you would prefer to learn first.
Question 5.
Create a flowchart for a program that takes a user’s age and determines if they are old enough to vote.
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Start by understanding the decision-making process for age verification.
Question 6.
Identify a logic error in the following code snippet. What is wrong?

if age >= 18: print('You can vote.') else: print('You are not eligible') print('Please register to vote')
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Check where the message about registration should logically appear.

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