Test Items for Teaching with Technology

The first general, all-purpose computer language was:
a. FORTRAN      
b. BASIC        
c. COBOL         
d. machine language
(a)

Which of the following is not  a computer language?
a. BASIC        
b. Pascal       
c. Word Perfect         
d. Logo
(c)

Using geometric knowledge to get the computer to draw titillating shapes using Logo is an example of...
a. CAI  
b. CMI           
c. Programming instruction        
d. none of the above
(c)

In BASIC programming, the command to show all program lines  is 
a. LOAD 
b. LIST         
c. RUN  
d. PRINT
(b)

In BASIC programming, the command to display a message on the screen is ...
a. SHOW 
b. DISPLAY      
c. PRINT           
d. PR
(c)

In BASIC programming, SYNTAX ERROR  means
a. there is an error in ENGLISH grammar usage
b. the computer does not understand your command
c. the computer has made an error
d. the computer is broken
(b)

During the execution of a program, when a PRINT command is followed by quotation marks, the monitor will display...
a. the quotation marks  
b. the word PRINT       
c. the text within the quotation marks
d. a blank line
(c)

What will the monitor display when the following program is run?
                10 INPUT "What is your name?";N$
                20 END

a. "What is your name?"         
b. What is your name?N$
c. Input what is your name              
d. What is your name?
(d)

What would be the result of the following Logo program:  
REPEAT 3 [FD 70 RT 120] 
a. a rectangle               
b. a hexagon    
c. a square              
d. a triangle
(d)

In Logo, the command to make the turtle move forward without drawing a line  is...
a. PD FD 50                   
b. FD 50                  
c. PU FD 50          
d. RT 90 FD 50  
(c)

The command to make the turtle draw a square  is...
a. REPEAT 4 [FD 20 LT 60]                      
b. REPEAT 4 [FD 20 RT 90]
c. REPEAT 4 [FD 20 RT 80]                      
d. REPEAT 4 [FD 20 RT 4] 
(b)

Which of the following commands can be used to set the background color in Logo?
a. BKGR 1                     
b. STBK 1               
c. SETPC 1                
d. SETBG 1      
(d)

Logo is most commonly used in an educational setting for...
a. drill and practice      
b. materials generation     
c. programming         
d. tutorials
(c)

The computer language that is found in the ROM  of the Apple II is
a. BASIC           
b. Logo    
c. FORTRAN         
d. Pascal
(a)

The computer language that is most often taught to elementary  school children is...
a. BASIC            
b. Logo   
c. FORTRAN         
d. Pascal
(b)

The computer language that is most often taught to high school students is...
a. BASIC            
b. Logo           
c. FORTRAN           
d. Assembly
(a)

A higher level  programming language is ...
a. machine language
b. made up only of 0's and 1's
c. one that looks more like English
d. a code that must be interpreted with a special dictionary
(c)

A colleague of yours says that there is absolutely no reason to teach programming in schools today. Write a letter to this person explaining the advantages of students learning programming.

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