Pretest for Project GUTS- introduction to computer modeling and simulation

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This short pre-test is designed to find out what you already know about the topics we will be covering related to computer modeling.

If you don't know the answer, make your best guess.

What are some benefits of using computer models in science? *

Homeroom *

Which of the following has characteristics of a complex system? *

spiral staircase

a clock

pond ecosystem

none of the above

What is abstraction in computer science? *

changing how you look at things.

a style of painting that has few details.

thinking like a computer.

humans thinking about how to use computers to solve problems.

When programming, a conditional block/statement ( if....else ) is used to *

Select an instruction depending on the answer to a question

Make a comparison

Confuse the robot

Give more than one direction at a time

What does it mean when running your model gives you different results each time you run it? *

there must be a bug in the code

it must be a complex system

there must be a random factor

there must be something wrong with the computer

Which of the following will allow you to run experiments with your model? *

variables that you will change

characteristics of different breeds

sliders, graphs, and counters

all of the above

Last Name *

First Name *

Look at the code above, what is the probability that the agent will move forward? *

One out of 10 times

more than 11%

100% of the time

One time in 100

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