What is programming?

Which of these is most similar to a computer program?

• Science book
• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Map

Imagine a car as a computer, and its engine as a program. Which of the following is an input for the engine program?

• The gas pedal
• The driver's seat
• The steering wheel
• The windshield wipers

What is wrong with the following "code" for opening a bottle?
1.Grip cap with index finger and thumb
2.Remove cap
3.Twist counter-clockwise until seal is broken

• The function has too many steps
• The instructions are not specific
• The function doesn't apply to every bottle
• The instructions are out of sequence

What represents a line of text, a character, or a number and can change throughout a program?

• Constant
• Variable
• Compiler

What is an algorithm?

• Code that repeats over and over
• Machine language
• A set of steps or directions needed to perform a task
• A set of binary numbers

Sequence means

• order of events 
• out of order
• move around
• go left

Debug means

• changing order
• move left
• go around
• find and fix errors

A programmer is 

• a person who operates on people
• creates code for a computer application
• a person who plays basketball
• a doctor

A loop is 

• a list of steps
• a forward move in program
• a sequence of steps that is repeated
• a turn to the right in a program

When you code you...

• walk to the right and turn
• spin in circles
• create a list of instructions the computer can follow
• draw a picture