Chapter 1 Questions

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1. Describe what is meant by the term computer program in one or two sentences.

 

2. When a computer program is described as elegant, what criteria are being used to judge the program?

 

3.  List three ways in which a class (3D model) is similar to a blueprint for a house.

 

4. Can you have more than one object of the same class in the same world? Why or why not?

5. Why is an object in an Alice world said to have six degrees of freedom? 

6. Is the center of an Alice object always located at its center of mass?  Justify your answer.

 

7. An Alice billboard is considered 2D rather than 3D.  What is one kind of purpose that a billboard can serve?