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What is a key criteria that all algorithms must satisfy?
What is a key criteria that all algorithms must satisfy?
- Having a proper end (correct)
- Having an infinite number of inputs
- Having steps that are ambiguous
- Being written in a specific programming language
Why is it considered a good software engineering practice to design algorithms before writing a program?
Why is it considered a good software engineering practice to design algorithms before writing a program?
- To avoid having any output
- To ensure definiteness of the steps (correct)
- To make the program run faster
- To confuse the programmer
What is a required element for all algorithms according to the text?
What is a required element for all algorithms according to the text?
- Having at least one definite output (correct)
- Having multiple ambiguous outputs
- Having unclear steps
- Having random inputs
