Introduction to programming

What is a programming language?

• Written English

• An artificial language used to program a computer

• A language used in pseudocode

• Written in Russian

What is machine code?

• The serial number of a computer

• A programming language that a computer understands

• The make and model of a computer

• Something about the riot of washing machines

What is a program?

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

• A video that is watched on a computer

• A flowchart written on a computer

• A school schedule

What is a statement?

• A box in a flowchart

• A keyword in a programming language

• 
  A calculation performed in a programming language

• Something political

What is an instruction?

• A box in a flowchart

• A calculation performed in a programming language

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

• Output a message on the screen

What does the statement 'while' do?

• Tell the computer to wait for a while before continuing with the program

• Implement selection

• Implement a loop

• Output a hard copy of a program to a printer

What does the statement 'print' do?

• Output a message on the screen

• Output a hard copy of a program to a printer

• Print a hard copy of a flowchart to a printer

• Scans a document

What does the statement 'def' do?

• Creates a function or a procedure

• 
  Implement a loop

• Implement selection

• 
  Tell the computer to wait for a while before continuing with the program

What do the statements 'if' and 'else' do?

• Implement a loop

• Output a message on the screen

• 
  Implement selection

• Tell the computer to wait for a while before continuing with the program

How many statements are there in this line of code: print("If I am 17, I can drive a car")

• There is one statement - 'print'

• There are two statements - 'print' and 'if'

• There are no statements

• 4 statements