MIT App Inventor
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100

What are the two screens / layers you work in while using MIT App Inventor?

Designer / Blocks

100

True or false: You can use lines without arrows to connect elements of a flowchart

False - you need the arrows to direct flow

100

The layer of an app that the user sees and interacts with

User Interface

100

These blocks are for controlling the behavior of objects called:


variables

100

What does this line of code do?

Stops the clock

100

What file format are App Inventor files?

.aia

200

What drawer does this box and color represent?

Lists

200

What shape begins a flowchart?

Oval

200

What is an ordered set of instructions used to carry out a task?

algorithm

200

To get rid of this error message you should:

(it might look like a red circle with an X too)


delete the duplicate block

200

What type of block is pictured below?

An event handler

200

What is the following an example of?

EversoleRunEaglesAreTheBest

Camel case

300

Code.org calls it a "function." What does MIT App inventor call it?

A procedure

300

What shape signifies a conditional statement?

rhombus / diamond

300

A command that performs different actions depending on whether a condition is true or false.

conditional statement

300

When this event occurs, the app will...


say what the user inputs into a text box

300

When might you use this block?


Whenever the same group of blocks is used over and over again, creating a procedure to replace the repeated blocks can reduce redundancy.

300

What are the two types of lists in coding?

Static and Dynamic

400

What is the formatting element in which you can place components to display them from left to right.

Horizontal Alignment

400

What goes at the end of a flowchart?

An oval

400

When the programmer adds and tests code in small chunks to seek how it will work before moving on.

What is Incremental Approach?

400

What are the two things that will happen during this event?


Label's background will turn red and box 2 will not be checked

400

What does this line of code do?

Updates the score label to reflect the value in the score variable

400

What is the visual part of a computer app or operating system, through which an end user interacts with the computing device or software, called?

User Interface

500

Name 4 of the 9 types of blocks. These are the drawers on the left hand side of the blocks view.

Control, logic, math, text, lists, dictionaries, colors, variables, procedures

500

What is a rectangle in a flowchart called?

Action or Process

500

A form of mathematics in which an expression is reduced to either True or False.

What is Boolean Logic?

500

When the clock gets to 0, what two things happen?


The time and tap button stop working

500

A diamond in a flowchart represents which type of block?

If / Then or if / then / else

500

What type of device is Ron?

Bubble Bot