2. Conditionals

Syllabus Points Covered

Programming fundamentals

Software development

• Explore fundamental software development steps used by programmers when designing software

  • testing and debugging

Designing algorithms

• Develop structured algorithms using pseudocode and flowcharts, including the use of subprograms

  • Pseudocode

  • Flowcharts

• Analyse the logic and structure of written algorithms

  • determining inputs and outputs

Data for software engineering

• Investigate standard data types

  • Boolean

Developing solutions with code

• Apply skills in computational thinking and programming to develop a software solution

  • converting an algorithm into code

  • using control structures

• Determine sets of suitable test data

  • boundary values

  • path coverage

  • faulty and abnormal data

Chapter Contents

• 2.1. Booleans
• 2.2. Comparisons
  • 2.2.1. Exercises
• 2.3. And/Or
  • 2.3.1. Exercises
• 2.4. If Statements
• 2.5. If-Else Statements
• 2.6. If-Elif-Else Statements
• 2.7. More Complicated if-elif-else Statements
  • 2.7.1. Combining conditions
  • 2.7.2. Nesting
• 2.8. Pseudocode
• 2.9. Code Testing
  • 2.9.1. Path Coverage
  • 2.9.2. Boundary Values
  • 2.9.3. Faulty and Abnormal Data
• 2.10. Test Your Understanding
• 2.11. Additional Challenges