Short Answers Page 71

1. What does a professional programmer usually do first to gain an understanding of a problem?
They begin by creating a design of the program.
2. What is pseudocode?
Programs used during the design process
3. Computer programs typically perform what three steps?
Input process output
4. What does the term “user-friendly” mean?
Programs that are easy to use

Algorithm Workbench

1. Design an algorithm that prompts the user to enter his or her height and stores the user’s input in a variable named height.
1. Dim Height As Double
2. Console.writeline(“Enter your Height:”) Save height as
3. Height = Console.readline()
4. Console.writeline(“Your Height Is: “ & Height)
5. Console.writeline(“Press Enter To Close.”)
6. Console.writeline()

2. Design an algorithm that prompts the user to enter his or her favorite color and stores the user’s input in a variable named color.
1. Dim Color As Double
2. Console.write(“Enter Your Favorite Color:”) Save color as
3. color = Console.readline()
4. Console.writeline(“Your Favorite Color Is: “&color)
5. Console.writeline(“Press Enter To Close.”)
6. Console.readline()

Programming Exercises

1. Personal Information
Design a program that displays the following information:
Your name
Your address, with city, state, and ZIP
Your telephone number
Your college major
Dim Color As Double
Console.write(“Enter Your Name:”)
Name = Console.readline()
Console.write (“Enter your address, with city, state, and Zip:”)
Enter your address, with city, state, and Zip = Console.readline()
Console.write (“Enter your telephone number :”)
Enter your telephone number = Console.readline()
Console.write (“ Your College Major : “)
Your College Major = Consoel.readline()
Console.readline()

4. Total Purchase
A customer in a store is purchasing five items.