Chapter 1: Comprehension Questions

1. Explain in your own words, what is meant by “an action should be declarative, feasible, and self-explanatory”.
2. Create pseudocode for your procedures for getting ready for school. Make sure to indent any control statements.
3. Write your pseudocode from question 2 as an abstraction.
4. Encapsulate your pseudocode from question 2.
5. Explain the difference between refinement and encapsulation. Explain the importance of both in coding.
6. Explain the difference between a problem and an algorithm. Think of another real-world example, not from the textbook, to show the difference between a problem and an algorithm.
7. In your own words, explain why abstraction is important.


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