AP CSP 3.12 Exercise 1: Trace the Call

Big Idea 3 · Topic 3.12 · Exercise 1

Trace the Call

25 minutes

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Q1 · 3 points on the handout

In your own words, explain what 'flow of control is returned to the point immediately following where the procedure was called' means, using the idea of a detour or round trip. Why is it useful that control comes back to exactly that spot?

Q2 · 3 points on the handout

A classmate says, 'To call showItem I have to name my arguments item and price, or the computer won't know where they go.' Correct this precisely, and give an example call using arguments that are NOT named item or price.

Q3 · 2 points on the handout

ENRICHMENT: Suppose line 4 read count <- INPUT() instead, and then total <- costFor(count). Explain how INPUT() and costFor are ALIKE in one important way, and predict how the output could differ from one run to the next.

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