AP CSP 3.13 Exercise 2: Design the Procedure

Big Idea 3 · Topic 3.13 · Exercise 2

Design the Procedure

25 minutes - 5 tasks - decide the header, the body, and whether it RETURNs

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Scenario 1 · Foundational

The store needs a procedure that takes a unit price and a quantity and gives back the total so the caller can add it to a running cart total.

Header (name + parameters):

RETURN a value or DISPLAY only? Why:

Enrichment - a subtler design choice (guard, single job, hidden internals):

Scenario 2 · Core

The store needs a procedure that prints a product's name and price on a label. Nothing else in the program uses the result - the whole point is what appears on screen.

Header (name + parameters):

RETURN a value or DISPLAY only? Why:

Enrichment - a subtler design choice (guard, single job, hidden internals):

Scenario 3 · Core

The store gives free samples: a procedure takes a price and a quantity, but if the quantity is 0 it should immediately give back 0 without doing any multiplication.

Header (name + parameters):

RETURN a value or DISPLAY only? Why:

Enrichment - a subtler design choice (guard, single job, hidden internals):

Scenario 4 · Challenge

The store needs a procedure that gives back a discounted price: it takes a price and a discount, and returns price minus discount - but a discount can never make the price go below 0.

Header (name + parameters):

RETURN a value or DISPLAY only? Why:

Enrichment - a subtler design choice (guard, single job, hidden internals):

Scenario 5 · Challenge

A teammate wants to speed up lineTotal from Task 1 by rewriting HOW it computes the total, but every call in the program must keep working unchanged. Describe what they may change and what they must keep.

Header (name + parameters):

RETURN a value or DISPLAY only? Why:

Enrichment - a subtler design choice (guard, single job, hidden internals):

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