Answer:
The statement is true.
Step-by-step explanation:
The provided program aims to find the largest element in a given list, `a`. Here's a step-by-step breakdown of how the program works:
1) Initialize the variable `largest` to the first element of the list, `a[0]`.
2) Set the variable `i` to 0 to keep track of the current index.
3) Enter a while loop with the condition `i < len(a)`. This loop iterates through the list until the index `i` becomes equal to the length of the list.
4) Inside the loop, check if the element at the current index, `a[i]`, is greater than the current value of `largest`.
5) If the element is greater, update the value of `largest` to be equal to `a[i]`.
6) Increment the value of `i` by 1 to move to the next index.
7) Repeat steps 4-6 until the end of the list is reached.
8) Print the value of `largest`, which will be the largest element in the list.
In the given example, the list `a` is `[65, 85, 78, 68, 56, 23, 84, 65]`. The program will iterate through the list and eventually output the largest element, which is 85.
Therefore, the statement is true: the provided program finds the largest element in a list.