The Basics
What is interactive?
The microbit grid has this many LEDs
What is 25?
What is a bug?
These are the two types of algorithms
What is a List and Flowchart?
This is the website that we use to create code in CSIM
What is makecode?
Give an example of a technology change (something that has evolved over the last 10 years) and EXPLAIN how it has helped humans
Answers vary
LED stands for
What is Light Emitting Diode?
This is the process used to fix errors in code
What is debugging?
These are the two types of flowcharts
What is Linear and Conditional?
Code is organized into these on Makecode
What are drawers?
Iteratively stands for
What is repeated again and again or step-by-step?
The values used to identify the location of the point on an LED grid are
What are the x and y coordinates?
Your code isn’t working, so you yell at your computer, bribe it with snacks, and threaten to unplug it. This important step is what you forgot to do
What is actually checking the code for bugs?
A choice is referred to as a __________
What is a conditional?
The digital microbit is called the
What is the emulator?
This is the name of the device that takes in input, processes data, and displays the result, and it includes parts like the CPU, memory, and storage.
What is a computer?
If you want an LED to blink forever in a program, this kind of programming structure would be used
What is a Loop
The most helpful animal in computer science is a
What is a rubber duck?
Two of these is not usually part of an algorithm:
A) Sequence
B) Loop
C) Background music
D) Characters
C) Background Music
D) Characters
You want your something to move when you press a button on the micro:bit. In MakeCode, this type of block is used to detect button presses.
What is the “on button pressed” block?
This device is the "brain" of the computer, responsible for carrying out instructions and processing data.
What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)?
You write code to blink an LED on a micro:bit. You notice the LED stays on too long and off too short. What part of the code should you adjust to fix the blinking speed?
What is the delay (or wait) time?
Your program runs, but your LED doesn’t blink. You check the code and everything looks right. What’s one physical thing you should check to debug the problem?
What is the wiring (or connections)?
(Also acceptable: “Is the LED in the right direction?” or “Is the circuit complete?”)
Identify the purpose of each shape:
Oval
Rectangle
Diamond
Arrow
Oval - Start/End
Rectangle - Action
Diamond - Conditional
Arrow - Shows direction
In MakeCode, this block allows you to repeat a set of actions unlimited number of times or until there is no more power to the Micro:bit.
What is the “forever” block?