IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Crossword: 7a Program Development Life Cycle (Modules 1–16)
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Crossword
Read each clue and write the matching term in the grid. Numbers in brackets show the letters in each word.
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- 4. Six standard ______ shapes: terminator (Start/Stop), process, input/output, decision (two exits), subroutine call, and flow lines with arrows showing direction. Word 1 of: _________ _______ (9)
- 7. Word 1 of the term in 3 Down: ______ _____ (6)
- 8. Word 4 of the term in 1 Down: program development ____ _____ (5)
- 9. Testing each small part of the code as it is written, fixing any errors, then retesting before moving on. This finds errors early and repeats until that part works. Word 1 of: _________ testing (9)
- 10. Word 2 of the term in 4 Across: _________ _______ (7)
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- 1. The four ordered stages that take a program from problem to working code: analysis, design, coding and testing. Planning before coding saves time. Word 3 of: program development ____ _____ (4)
- 2. The four parts of a program's requirements: the data it takes in, the work it does on that data, the results it shows, and the data it keeps for later. Word 4 of: Input, Process, Output, _______ (7)
- 3. The second PDLC ______: plan the solution in detail using decomposition, structure diagrams, flowcharts and pseudocode, before any program code is written. Word 2 of: ______ _____ (5)
- 5. The third PDLC stage, where the design (pseudocode or flowchart) is turned into program code in a programming language, written step by step and checked against the requirements. Word 1 of: ______ _____ (6)
- 6. Keeping only the details needed to solve a problem and leaving out the details that do not matter, e.g. a map shows roads but not every tree. (11)
Answer Key
IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 · Modules 1–16
1L
2S
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T
3S
4F
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O
W
5C
H
6A
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R
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B
A
A
7D
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8C
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C
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N
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A
C
9I
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10S
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M
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4FLOWCHART — Six standard ______ shapes: terminator (Start/Stop), process, input/output, decision (two exits), subroutine call, and flow lines with arrows showing direction. Word 1 of: _________ _______
7DESIGN — Word 1 of the term in 3 Down: ______ _____
8CYCLE — Word 4 of the term in 1 Down: program development ____ _____
9ITERATIVE — Testing each small part of the code as it is written, fixing any errors, then retesting before moving on. This finds errors early and repeats until that part works. Word 1 of: _________ testing
10SYMBOLS — Word 2 of the term in 4 Across: _________ _______
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1LIFE — The four ordered stages that take a program from problem to working code: analysis, design, coding and testing. Planning before coding saves time. Word 3 of: program development ____ _____
2STORAGE — The four parts of a program's requirements: the data it takes in, the work it does on that data, the results it shows, and the data it keeps for later. Word 4 of: Input, Process, Output, _______
3STAGE — The second PDLC ______: plan the solution in detail using decomposition, structure diagrams, flowcharts and pseudocode, before any program code is written. Word 2 of: ______ _____
5CODING — The third PDLC stage, where the design (pseudocode or flowchart) is turned into program code in a programming language, written step by step and checked against the requirements. Word 1 of: ______ _____
6ABSTRACTION — Keeping only the details needed to solve a problem and leaving out the details that do not matter, e.g. a map shows roads but not every tree.