Project GUTS Pre-Survey for 2015 (StarLogo Nova)

This is a survey of the computer science, complex systems, and computer programming knowledge and skills that you have coming into the Project GUTS program. It is not used for a grade. The information gathered from this survey will be used to help us improve the program.

If you do not know the answer to any question, please make your best guess.

This first set of questions is about Computer Science.

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* 1. What is computer science?

a. the study of the principles and uses of computers.

b. the study of programming computers.

c. the study of building computers.

d. the study of computers in society.

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* 2. Who can become a computer scientist?

a. people who are good at math.

b. anyone who is willing to put in the time and effort.

c. boys who like gaming.

d. only people who know how to fix a computer.

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* 3. What is an algorithm?

a. the login and password used to get your email.

b. the picture on the computer when it is starting up.

c. another name for the cursor.

d. a set of instructions for completing a task.

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* 4. What is abstraction in computer science?

a. changing how you look at things.

b. a style of painting that has few details.

c. removing unnecessary details from a problem.

d. solving a problem.

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* 5. What is computational thinking?

a. what a computer does when solving a problem.

b. coding in a computer language.

c. thinking like a computer.

d. humans thinking about how to use computers to solve problems.

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* 6. What is decomposition in computer science?

a. the decay of bugs in the computer.

b. the decay of computer hardware.

c. the process of breaking down difficult problems in to smaller easier ones.

d. the practice of using biodegradable materials in computers.