Selection and iteration
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- 11 questions
- 29 marks
- about 35 minutes
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Question types: short answer, multiple choice, matching, true or false.
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A program asks the user for a PIN. It must ask at least once, and keep asking until the PIN entered is correct. Identify the most suitable structure.
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About this resource
AQA A-level Computer Science (7517) 4.1.1.2 Programming concepts: selection, nested selection, definite and indefinite iteration (condition at the start or the end), nested iteration and meaningful identifiers. C# lesson 3 of 10 in 4.1 Programming: a spot-the-mistakes Do Now, a short key idea, an…
15 slides.
Lesson outline
- Do Now: spot the 3 mistakes
- Do Now: answers
- Key idea: Selection
- Key idea: Iteration
- Set 1: count with for
- Set 2: selection inside a loop
- Exam question E1: iteration and identifiers
- Model answer E1
- Exam question E2: condition at the start or the end
- Model answer E2
- Set 3: indefinite and nested loops
- Finished? harder loops
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