AP CSP 1.2 Exercise 1: Behavior Detective - The LunchDash Log

Big Idea 1 · Topic 1.2 · Exercise 1

Behavior Detective - The LunchDash Log

25 minutes

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Q1 · 3 points on the handout

You now understand LunchDash from its log alone. Describe the program at BOTH CED description levels: (a) one broad sentence saying what it does; (b) a 3-4 step detailed version that says what it does AND how its statements accomplish it.

Q2 · 3 points on the handout

Classify each artifact with the precise CED term - program, code segment, or behavior: (a) the entire installed LunchDash app; (b) the 9 lines inside it that gray out a sold-out tile; (c) the sentence 'when a student taps a tile, a confirmation appears and the phone buzzes.'

Q3 · 2 points on the handout

ENRICHMENT: During row 4's idle window the app looked like it was running 'no code at all' - yet it answered the 11:00 tap instantly. Using the event-loop deep dive, explain what was actually running during those 20 minutes, and why a 'frozen' app is different from an idle one.

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