FC0-U71 Software Development Concepts Practice Question
A developer writes a set of instructions to sort an array of numbers in ascending order. The instructions include steps like 'compare first two numbers, swap if out of order, move to next pair, repeat until no swaps are needed.' This step-by-step procedure is known as a(n):
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Algorithm
An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure to solve a problem. The description matches the bubble sort algorithm.
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Pseudocode
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Pseudocode is a language-agnostic description but the example is a specific algorithm description.
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Flowchart
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A flowchart is a visual representation, not a step-by-step procedure.
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Algorithm
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An algorithm is a set of steps to solve a problem.
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Data structure
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A data structure organizes data, not steps.
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