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1. In Alice, we can avoid object collision using what?
 Slowing movements down.
 Using math operators. (*)
 Downloading the Alice3 collision detector app.
 Using object detection.
2. From your Alice lessons, which of the following are examples of scenarios?
 Conflict and resolution in a play
 Process to simulate
 Process to demonstrate
 Game to play
 All of the above (*)
3. In Alice, which of the following is the most likely situation where procedural abstraction could
be used?
 Five dogs all need to bark and run at the same time. (*)
 One fish needs to swim forward 1 meter.
 Two fish say something to each other.
 One person moves up 10 meters.
4. In Alice, objects inherit the characteristics of their:
 Code
 Project
 Class (*)
 Program
5. In Alice, inheritance means that the superclass inherits its traits from the subclass. True or false?
True
False (*)
6. In Alice, which function is used to move an object directly to the center point of another object?
 getObject
 getDuration
 getDepth
 getDistance (*)
7. Do In Order and Do Together are the only control statements available in Alice. True or false?
True
False (*)
8. In Alice, once procedures are added to a control statement, they cannot be changed. True or
false?
True
False (*)
9. Which of the following are examples of comments written in an Alice program?
 this.dog move forward 2
 this.cat turn left 0.5
 Boy runs to the girl. (*)
 Cat jumps into the tree and meows for help. (*)
10. In the Alice scene editor, where are the procedures located to precisely position an object?
 Right click on the object, then select Procedures. (*)
 Right click on the object, then select Remove.
 In the gallery of classes.
 In the package located in the gallery.
11. Besides invoking a procedure, another way to precisely position an Alice object is to enter
values in the x, y, and z coordinates in the Position property. True or false?
True (*)
False
12. Alice objects move relative to the orientation of the person viewing the animation. True or
false?
True
False (*)
13. The value that a variable holds must be a whole number, not a decimal. True or false?
True
False (*)
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14. Define the value of the variable NumSpins based on the following math calculation:
NumSpins / 3 = 8
 12
24 (*)
8
NumSpins
15. From your Alice lessons, the "Checklist for Animation Completion" does not ask questions
about the scenario and storyboards, because these are not valid parts of the animation creation
process. True or false?
True
False (*)
6. From your Alice lessons, which control statement executes instructions simultaneously?
 Do in order
 Count
 Variable
 Do together (*)
17. In Alice, which of the following instructions roll the Blue Tang fish left 1 meter?
 this.blueTang roll Left 1.0 (*)
 this.blueTang Left 1.0
 this.blueTang Left 1
 this.blueTang roll Left 1
18. How do you copy an Alice procedure?
 Drag the procedure into the clipboard, then click CTRL + C.
 Hold down the control (CTRL) key, then drag the procedure into the clipboard. (*)
 Drag the procedure into the clipboard.
 Select Copy in the Run menu.
19. Expressions with relational operators produce true and false values. True or false?
True (*)
False
20.
In Alice, where are arithmetic operators available?
 Amount argument (*)
 Size argument
 Duration argument (*)
 Get Distance functions (*)
 If control
21. Which of the following is not an example of the logic of an IF control structure?
 Play the video three times. (*)
 If the play button is pressed, then play the video one time.
 If the doorbell rings, then the door opens.
 If the bird rings the bell, a treat is dispensed.
22. The condition in a WHILE loop is a boolean expression. True or false?
True (*)
False
23. What Alice tool can be used to diagram the If conditional execution statement?
 Cause and effect diagram
 Process flow diagram (*)
 Conditional flow diagram
24. The Alice If control structure requires the false statement to be populated. True or false?
True
False (*)
25. A conditional loop is a loop that will continue forever. True or false?
True False (*)
26.
From your Greenfoot lessons, the reset button resets the scenario back to its initial position.
True or false?
True (*)
False
27. In Greenfoot, a subclass is created by right-clicking on a superclass. True or false?
True (*)
False
28. From the Greenfoot IDE, where are inherited methods located?
 In the computer network
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In the Greenfoot image gallery
In the scene editor
29. What does the following Greenfoot programming statement do? turn(18);
 Turn the object 36 degrees.
 Turn the object 18 degrees. (*)
 Turn the object 18 steps forward.
 Move the object 18 steps forward.
30. In the Greenfoot IDE, which type of variable allows instances to store information?
 Method variable
 Instance variable (*)
 Class variable
 World variable
31. Use your Greenfoot knowldege: Abstraction occurs in many different ways in programming.
True or false?
True (*)
False
32.From your Greenfoot lessons, abstraction techniques can only be used once in a class's source
code. True or false?
True
False (*)
33. From your Greenfoot lessons, what are the ways that you can view a class's methods?
 In the scenario
 In the class's documentation (*)
 By right-clicking on an instance (*)
 In the Greenfoot gallery
34. Use your Greenfoot knowledge: A specification of a method is called a __________________.
 Subclass
 Class
 Signature (*)
 Parameter
35. In Greenfoot, dot notation is used to call a _____________ from another class.
 Method (*)
 Class
 Signature
 Parameter
36. In Greenfoot, defined methods must be used immediately. True or false?
True
False (*)
37. From your Greenfoot lessons, how do you call a defined method?
 Call the method from the act method. (*)
 Call the method from the defined method.
 Write the method in the World superclass.
 Write the method in the instance.
 Write the method in the source code.
38. From your Greenfoot lessons, to save space in the act method, you can write an entirely new
method below it, called a _____________.
 Class method
 Instance method
 Defined method (*)
 World method
 Code method
39. When a Greenfoot code segment is executed in an if-statement, each line of code is executed in
sequential order. True or false?
True (*)
False
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40. From your Greenfoot lessons, which type of constructor can be used to automate creation of
Actor instances?
 Animal
 World (*)
 Actor
 Vector
41. From your Greenfoot lessons, when does an if-else statement execute it's second code segment?
 When a random number is less than 10.
 When an instance is created.
 After the first code segment is executed.
 If a condition is false. (*)
 If a condition is true.
42. From your Greenfoot lessons, which symbol represents string concatenation?
 Symbol &
 Symbol <
 Symbol =
 Symbol + (*)
43. How would the following sentence be written in Greenfoot source code? If Duke's leg is down,
and the keyboard key "d" is down...
 if (&&isDown ! Greenfoot.isKeyDown("d") )
 if (!isDown && Greenfoot.isKeyDown("d") )
 if (isDown && Greenfoot.isKeyDown("d") ) (*)
 if (!Greenfoot.isKeyDown && isDown("d") )
44. Use your Greenfoot knowledge to answer the question: String concatenation is a way to avoid
having to write additional characters in your source code. True or false?
True (*)
False
45. In Greenfoot, which method is used to add a new instance to a scenario when the world is
initialized?
 addClass
 addWorld
 addObject (*)
 addInstance
46. In Greenfoot, an if-statement is used to alternate between displaying two images in an instance.
True or false?
True
False (*)
47. In Greenfoot, a constructor has a void return type. True or false?
True
False (*)
48. From your Greenfoot lessons, a problem statement defines the purpose for your game. True or
false?
True (*)
False
49. In Greenfoot, what type of parameter does the keyDown method expect?
 String (*)
 Boolean
 Integer
 Method
50. In Greenfoot, which method checks if a key on the keyboard has been pressed?
 keyPress method
 keyUp method
 keyDown method (*)
 keyClick method
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