Learn to Program using Alice

Practice Test for the Lesson Titled

Getting Started

 

Published April 22, 2007
By Richard G. Baldwin

File: Alice0100PracticeTest.htm


Questions

1.  True or False:  Alice is an Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) language.

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2.  True or False:  Alice is an Object-Based programming language.

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3.  True or False:  While Alice is well suited to creating business programs, it is very difficult to create 3D graphics programs using Alice.

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4.  True or False:  Once you have the Alice environment installed, you will have access to an interactive tutorial on Alice.

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5.  True or False:  The installation of Alice on a Windows XP computer is very complicated.

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6.  True or False:  To start the Alice development environment running, you can double-click on one of the following two files:

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7.  Which of the following is not available on the "Welcome to Alice" portion of the screen?

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8.  True or False:  The Alice development screen can be switched between a program edit mode and a scene edit mode.

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9.  True or False:  You can perform a reasonably good test on your Alice installation by selecting the amusementPark thumbnail on the "Welcome to Alice" pane on the Alice development screen and clicking the Open button.

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10.  True or False:  Selecting the amusementPark thumbnail on the "Welcome to Alice" pane on the Alice development screen and clicking the Open button will cause the amusementPark world to start running.

Answer and Explanation

11.  True or False:  The animated visual output produced by an Alice program is displayed in a pane with the title World Running...

Answer and Explanation



Copyright 2007, Richard G. Baldwin.  Faculty and staff of public and private non-profit educational institutions are granted a license to reproduce and to use this material for purposes consistent with the teaching process.  This license does not extend to commercial ventures.  Otherwise, reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission from Richard Baldwin is prohibited.


The following image is the splash screen from Alice 2.0, and is the property of the developers of Alice at Carnegie Mellon.

Answers and Explanations


Answer 11

True.

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Answer 10

False.  You must also click the Play button to cause the world to start running.

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Answer 9

True.

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Answer 8

True.

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Answer 7

C.  The gallery of classes

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Answer 6

True.

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Answer 5

False.

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Answer 4

True.

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Answer 3

False

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Answer 2

True

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Answer 1

False

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Copyright 2007, Richard G. Baldwin.  Faculty and staff of public and private non-profit educational institutions are granted a license to reproduce and to use this material for purposes consistent with the teaching process.  This license does not extend to commercial ventures.  Otherwise, reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission from Richard Baldwin is prohibited.

The following image is the splash screen from Alice 2.0, and is the property of the developers of Alice at Carnegie Mellon.

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