What is a programming language?

• A method for the robot to communicate with the programmer

• A program that allows the robot to think for itself

• A language that lets the programmer communicate a plan to the robot

A program is

• A logical and step-by-step set of directions for the robot to follow

• A logical and step-by-step set of directions for the programmer to follow

• A set of directions, written in paragraph form, that even a robot can follow

The role of the robot is to carry out the plan by following the steps in the program.

• True

• False

Pseudocode is:

• A code, written in English, that the robot can understand

• A code, written in binary language, that the robot can understand

• A set of basic steps that the human can use to PLAN the program

________ are a convenient way to talk about what the robot is doing and what it must do to carry out the plan created by the programmer.

• Operations

• Behaviors

• Instructions

Simple behaviors are made up of complex behaviors.

• True

• False

When we program our robot to go through the maze we should:

• Write the entire code for the whole maze and hope it works

• Write a small section of code for each step of the maze and TEST it before continuing to the next step

A simple statement is:

• A line of code including all the appropriate words, numbers and punctuation

• A statement that never uses words with more than two syllables

• A line of code without punctuation

If there are no more statements to run in the program:

• The robot will go back to the beginning of the program and start all over

• The robot will stop

• The robot will continue its last statement until it can find another statement

The purpose of ‘whitespace’ is:

• To allow the robot to understand the program better

• To slow the operation of the robot

• To make the program more readable to the programmer