Microsoft® XNA® Game Studio 4.0: Learn Programming Now!

Appendix A. Answers to the Chapter Review Questions

Chapter 1

1. False. If you enjoy solving problems and working with people, that will make you a great programmer.

2. False. You can write XNA game programs and run them on your PC if you don’t have an Xbox.

3. False. XNA is a framework for writing games. It is written in a programming language and is used by programs, but it is not a programming language.

4. Indeed it is.

5. False. The C# compiler produces a file containing a sequence of machine instructions that the computer can follow when the program runs. Once you have the instructions, you don’t need the compiler anymore.

6. False. C# is a programming language; XNA is the framework.

7. Indeed you do. But you don’t need to be a member to write games for the PC.

8. No. You ...