Testing Your Program: Real Life Examples for Grade 2

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 Testing means checking if something works the way it should.
• 💡 In computer programs, testing means running the program to find mistakes (bugs).
• 📝 We can test by giving the program different inputs and seeing if the output is correct.
• ✅ Real-life examples help us understand how testing works.
• 🐞 Bugs are mistakes in the program that cause it to do the wrong thing.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. What does it mean to test a computer program?
   1. Checking if it looks pretty.
   2. Checking if it works correctly.
   3. Ignoring it and hoping it works.
2. What is a 'bug' in a computer program?
   1. A cute insect.
   2. A mistake that causes the program to do the wrong thing.
   3. A feature that makes the program faster.
3. If you want to test a program that adds two numbers, what should you do?
   1. Only try adding 1 + 1.
   2. Try adding lots of different numbers.
   3. Ask a friend if it works.
4. Imagine you're testing a program that says 'hello' when you press a button. What's one way to test it?
   1. Press the button and see if it says 'goodbye'.
   2. Press the button and see if it says 'hello'.
   3. Don't press the button at all.
5. Why is testing important?
   1. To make the program look cool.
   2. To find and fix mistakes.
   3. To make the program cost more money.
6. You have a program that's supposed to show a picture of a cat, but it shows a dog instead. What's wrong?
   1. The program is working perfectly.
   2. There's a bug in the program.
   3. Cats and dogs are the same.
7. What is a good way to test a program that tells you if a number is even or odd?
   1. Only test even numbers.
   2. Only test odd numbers.
   3. Test both even and odd numbers.