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2.1 Algorithms

Quick questions on Computational thinking: abstraction, decomposition and algorithmic thinking - OCR GCSE Computer Science J277

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Define abstraction. [1 mark]
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Define decomposition and give one benefit of using it. [2 marks]
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A weather app shows a simple sun or cloud icon rather than full meteorological data. Which principle of computational thinking does this illustrate? [1 mark]

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