Introduction to programming

What is a programming language?

• Written English

• An artificial language used to program a computer

• A language used in pseudocode

What is machine code?

• A programming language that a computer understands

• The make and model of a computer

• The serial number of a computer

What is a program?

• A flowchart written on a computer

• A video that is watched on a computer

• A series of step-by-step instructions that tell a computer how to solve a task

What is a statement?

• A calculation performed in a programming language

• A keyword in a programming language

• A box in a flowchart

What is an instruction?

• A box in a flowchart

• One or more statements grouped together to instruct the computer to perform a task

• A calculation performed in a programming language

What is the correct definition of an algorithm?

• An algorithm is a step by step instructions to solve a problem.
• An algorithm is a process of baking bread.
• An algorithm is a software used to compute numbers.
• An algorithm is the process of breaking problems.

Decomposition is a term used to define...

• The process of assigning value to a variable.
• The process of taking out unnecessary details from problems.
• The process of breaking down problems into smaller problems.
• The process of coding a problem.

Abstraction is.....

• The process of drawing abstract pictures.
• The process of assigning values to variables.
• The process of breaking down problems.
• The process of removing unnecessary details from a problem.

What is a flowchart?

• A textual representation of algorithms.
• A graphical representation of algorithms.
• A cluster of different shapes.
• A program code written in Logo.

Computers can solve any problem that can be computationally solved.

• TRUE
• FALSE