State whether each of the following is true or false. If false, explain why.

a) An algorithm is a procedure for solving a problem in terms of the actions to execute and the order in which they execute.

b) A set of statements contained within a pair of parentheses is called a block.

c) A selection statement repeats an action while a condition remains true.

d) A nested control statement appears in the body of another control statement.

e) Java provides the arithmetic compound assignment operators +=, -=, *=, /= and %= for abbreviating assignment expressions.

f) The primitive types (boolean, char, byte, short, int, long, float and double) are por- table across only Windows platforms.

g) Specifying the order in which statements execute in a program is called program control.

h) The unary cast operator (double) creates a temporary integer copy of its operand.

i) Instance variables of type boolean are given the value true by default.

j) Pseudocode helps you think out a program before attempting to write it in a program- ming language.