App Dev Worksheet: Debugging
Developer's tip (Compare with the comment): Read each line and its comment (after //): does the code do exactly that? Actual = run the lines as written. Expected = follow every comment. After the fix, test again.
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- 1.🐞 Finding and fixing bugs is called ___. (a) decorating (b) downloading (c) debugging (d) designing
- 2.🐞 After fixing a bug you should ___. (a) release at once (b) delete the test (c) never test (d) test it again
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3.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let coins = 44; // start at 44
line 2: coins = coins + 2; // double it
line 3: coins = coins * 2; // double it
line 4: coins = coins + 4; // add 4
line 5: show(coins); // show it (a) line 4 (b) line 2 (c) line 1 (d) line 3 -
4.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let lives = 40; // start at 39
line 2: lives = lives * 2; // double it
line 3: lives = lives * 2; // double it
line 4: show(lives); // show it (a) line 2 (b) line 3 (c) line 1 -
5.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let lives = 34; // start at 33
line 2: lives = lives + 6; // add 6
line 3: lives = lives + 5; // add 5
line 4: lives = lives - 2; // take away 2
line 5: show(lives); // show it (a) line 3 (b) line 1 (c) line 2 (d) line 4 -
6.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let lives = 40; // start at 38
line 2: lives = lives - 3; // take away 3
line 3: lives = lives - 2; // take away 2
line 4: show(lives); // show it -
7.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let coins = 47; // start at 46
line 2: coins = coins - 2; // take away 2
line 3: coins = coins * 2; // double it
line 4: show(coins); // show it -
8.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let lives = 44; // start at 43
line 2: lives = lives + 4; // add 4
line 3: lives = lives + 3; // add 3
line 4: show(lives); // show it (a) line 2 (b) line 1 (c) line 3 -
9.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let lives = 33; // start at 30
line 2: lives = lives + 6; // add 6
line 3: lives = lives * 2; // double it
line 4: show(lives); // show it (a) line 1 (b) line 3 (c) line 2 -
10.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let stars = 36; // start at 36
line 2: stars = stars + 1; // take away 1
line 3: stars = stars * 2; // double it
line 4: show(stars); // show it (a) line 1 (b) line 3 (c) line 2 -
11.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let score = 36; // start at 36
line 2: score = score - 4; // take away 4
line 3: score = score * 2; // double it
line 4: score = score + 3; // add 2
line 5: show(score); // show it -
12.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let points = 48; // start at 48
line 2: points = points + 3; // add 3
line 3: points = points + 6; // add 4
line 4: show(points); // show it (a) line 1 (b) line 2 (c) line 3 -
13.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let score = 45; // start at 45
line 2: score = score * 2; // double it
line 3: score = score + 2; // add 2
line 4: score = score - 3; // take away 2
line 5: show(score); // show it -
14.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let points = 32; // start at 32
line 2: points = points - 5; // take away 5
line 3: points = points * 3; // double it
line 4: show(points); // show it - 15.🐞 A comment in code (after //) is for ___. (a) the phone screen (b) the app store (c) the battery (d) people reading the code
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16.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let score = 31; // start at 31
line 2: score = score + 3; // add 3
line 3: score = score + 4; // take away 4
line 4: show(score); // show it -
17.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let score = 39; // start at 36
line 2: score = score - 2; // take away 2
line 3: score = score * 2; // double it
line 4: show(score); // show it (a) line 1 (b) line 2 (c) line 3 -
18.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let score = 52; // start at 50
line 2: score = score - 3; // take away 3
line 3: score = score + 5; // add 5
line 4: show(score); // show it -
19.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let points = 50; // start at 50
line 2: points = points * 2; // double it
line 3: points = points * 3; // double it
line 4: show(points); // show it (a) line 3 (b) line 2 (c) line 1 -
20.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let points = 45; // start at 45
line 2: points = points + 2; // double it
line 3: points = points - 1; // take away 1
line 4: points = points - 3; // take away 3
line 5: show(points); // show it -
21.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let score = 36; // start at 36
line 2: score = score - 5; // add 5
line 3: score = score * 2; // double it
line 4: show(score); // show it (a) line 3 (b) line 2 (c) line 1 -
22.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let stars = 50; // start at 50
line 2: stars = stars * 2; // double it
line 3: stars = stars - 2; // take away 2
line 4: stars = stars * 3; // double it
line 5: show(stars); // show it (a) line 3 (b) line 2 (c) line 1 (d) line 4 -
23.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let lives = 40; // start at 40
line 2: lives = lives + 3; // add 3
line 3: lives = lives + 2; // double it
line 4: show(lives); // show it (a) line 3 (b) line 2 (c) line 1 -
24.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let score = 32; // start at 32
line 2: score = score * 2; // double it
line 3: score = score + 2; // add 2
line 4: score = score - 8; // take away 5
line 5: show(score); // show it - 25.🐞 What is a bug? (a) a nice icon (b) a new feature (c) a mistake in the code (d) a fast phone
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26.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let lives = 35; // start at 32
line 2: lives = lives * 2; // double it
line 3: lives = lives + 3; // add 3
line 4: lives = lives * 2; // double it
line 5: show(lives); // show it -
27.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let coins = 40; // start at 39
line 2: coins = coins - 2; // take away 2
line 3: coins = coins - 4; // take away 4
line 4: coins = coins + 2; // add 2
line 5: show(coins); // show it -
28.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let coins = 37; // start at 37
line 2: coins = coins - 2; // add 2
line 3: coins = coins * 2; // double it
line 4: show(coins); // show it (a) line 3 (b) line 1 (c) line 2 -
29.🐞 Each comment says what its line SHOULD do. Which line has the bug?
line 1: let points = 42; // start at 39
line 2: points = points + 2; // add 2
line 3: points = points + 6; // add 6
line 4: show(points); // show it (a) line 2 (b) line 3 (c) line 1 -
30.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let coins = 39; // start at 38
line 2: coins = coins * 2; // double it
line 3: coins = coins + 3; // add 3
line 4: show(coins); // show it -
31.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let lives = 34; // start at 34
line 2: lives = lives - 5; // take away 5
line 3: lives = lives * 2; // double it
line 4: lives = lives - 4; // take away 3
line 5: show(lives); // show it -
32.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let stars = 39; // start at 39
line 2: stars = stars - 4; // take away 4
line 3: stars = stars + 1; // take away 1
line 4: show(stars); // show it -
33.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let points = 50; // start at 48
line 2: points = points + 3; // add 3
line 3: points = points + 3; // add 3
line 4: show(points); // show it -
34.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let coins = 39; // start at 39
line 2: coins = coins * 3; // double it
line 3: coins = coins - 3; // take away 3
line 4: coins = coins - 5; // take away 5
line 5: show(coins); // show it -
35.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let coins = 36; // start at 36
line 2: coins = coins + 3; // add 3
line 3: coins = coins * 3; // double it
line 4: show(coins); // show it -
36.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let score = 50; // start at 50
line 2: score = score + 2; // add 2
line 3: score = score * 3; // double it
line 4: show(score); // show it -
37.🐞 This code has a bug. What number does it ACTUALLY show?
line 1: let stars = 32; // start at 32
line 2: stars = stars * 2; // double it
line 3: stars = stars - 5; // add 5
line 4: show(stars); // show it -
38.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let points = 35; // start at 35
line 2: points = points - 5; // take away 5
line 3: points = points - 2; // add 2
line 4: points = points - 3; // take away 3
line 5: show(points); // show it -
39.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let coins = 47; // start at 47
line 2: coins = coins - 3; // take away 1
line 3: coins = coins - 1; // take away 1
line 4: coins = coins * 2; // double it
line 5: show(coins); // show it -
40.🐞 This code has a bug. What number SHOULD it show, if every line did what its comment says?
line 1: let lives = 48; // start at 48
line 2: lives = lives - 1; // take away 1
line 3: lives = lives * 3; // double it
line 4: lives = lives + 3; // add 3
line 5: show(lives); // show it
Answer key
- debugging
- test it again
- line 2
- line 1
- line 1
- 35
- 88
- line 1
- line 1
- line 2
- 66
- line 3
- 89
- 81
- people reading the code
- 38
- line 1
- 52
- line 3
- 86
- line 2
- line 4
- line 3
- 58
- a mistake in the code
- 134
- 36
- line 2
- line 1
- 79
- 54
- 34
- 56
- 109
- 117
- 156
- 59
- 29
- 90
- 97
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