ICS 140 Computational Thinking with Programming

General

• Describe algorithms and their role in solving problems.
• Explain the role of the operating system in a digital system.
• Describe emerging technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data analytics and others.
• Describe different types of application software including database, internet, and games.
• Explain security and privacy threats and describe measures to prevent them.
• Describe the evolution of digital systems and their past, present, and potential future impact on human society.
• Develop algorithmic solutions using appropriate programming structures and express algorithms using pseudocode, flow-charts or other design notation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of common algorithms, such as binary search, finding the minimum/maximum value in a list, and quadratic sort.
• Demonstrate the ability to select an appropriate algorithm for solving a problem.
• Implement algorithms with a high-level programming language and provide simple documentation.
• Express numbers in binary format.
• Express and simplify Boolean expressions.
• Describe the Von Neumann architecture and interaction between the processor and memory.
• Explain how data communication works and give examples of networks.
• Describe computer algorithms and their role in solving problems from various application domains.
• Develop algorithmic solutions using appropriate programming structures.
• Express algorithms using pseudocode and flowcharts.
• Use appropriate terminology to identify elements of a program (e.g., identifier, operator, operand).
• Express and simplify Boolean expressions.
• Develop solutions using programing structures such as conditionals and iterations.
• Develop programs that effectively use the different structured data types provided in the language such as arrays and lists.
• Develop programs using modules and functions.