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Conditional Programming
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Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Causes a statement or set of statements to execute repeatedly
Initialization action
impossible
post test loop
repetition structure
2. The three types of condition controlled loops are: While and Do-While and ______
Sentinel
While loop
Do-while
Do-Until
3. A loop type that repeats a specific number of times
a count controlled loop
impossible
count controlled loop
counter variable
4. An ______ goes through all of its iterations for every single outer loop iteration
inner loop
While
For
running total
5. A loop type that uses a true/false condition to control the number of times it repeats
Test action
Condition controlled loop
Sentinel
count controlled
6. While and _____ are loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat as long as a condition is true
Do-while
infinite loop
pretest loop
Do-Until
7. A loop that continues to repeat until the program is interrupted - always avoid using this
Test action
Do-Until
infinite loop
pretest loop
8. loop Anexample of a count controlled loop
count controlled
For
Do-Until
Do-Until
9. The loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat until a condition is true
For
Do-until
While loop
Sentinel
10. In the _______ 1) A condition is tested for a true/false value and then 2) A statement or set of statements is repeated as long as the condition is true
While loop
counter variable
running total
inner loop
11. A _____________ loop will always perform at least one iteration even if the condition is false to begin with.
infinite loop
Do-While loop
Accumulator
Do-While
12. The name of the running total variable - the first step in a flowchart for a running total is to set the accumulator to 0
a count controlled loop
inner loop
Do-while
Accumulator
13. Using the counter variable a count controlled loop performs Initialization and test and _______
count controlled
For
pretest loop
increment
14. A counter that stores the number of iterations that it has performed
inner loop
count controlled loop
Test action
counter variable
15. A ______ loop will not execute unless a condition is true
repetition structure
post test loop
Sentinel
While
16. Use a ________ loop when you want to perform a task until the condition is true
pretest loop
Do-While loop
Nested loop
Do-Until
17. A loop that iterates a specific number of times
Accumulator
step amount
repetition structure
a count controlled loop
18. The _____ loop iterates until a condition is true (as long as the condition is false)
step amount
Do-Until
For
Accumulator
19. A loop that is inside of another loop - e.g. A clock: Hours and minutes and seconds--3 loops in one location
repetition structure
Nested loop
post test loop
Increasing
20. Use a _____ loop where where the condition may be false to start with and you do NOT want the loop to iterate
count controlled
counter variable
running total
Do-While
21. A loop that performs an iteration before testing its condition - e.g. Do-While and Do-Until
post test loop
counter variable
While
Do-while
22. A _______ will not run unless the condition is true
Do-Until
Test action
while loop
impossible
23. It is _______ to write a count controlled While or Do-While or Do-Until loop
a count controlled loop
Do-Until
impossible
While loop
24. A sum of numbers that accumulates with each iteration of a loop
Test action
Do-While loop
running total
Do-Until
25. ______ the value during each iteration is the Increment action in a count controlled loop
Increasing
repetition structure
Do-while
count controlled loop
26. Each execution of the body of a loop
while loop
Increasing
post test loop
loop iteration
27. The ________ in a count controlled loop: Before the loop begins the counter variable is initialized to a starting value
Initialization action
Do-Until
repetition structure
While loop
28. Statements that appear on the lines between the start and end clauses
running total
While
Do-While loop
body of a loop
29. Condition controlled and _______ are 2 categories of loops
a count controlled loop
Test action
Do-While
count controlled
30. The ______ in a count controlled loop is:The loop tests the counter variable by comparing it to a maximum value. If the counter variable is less than or equal to the max value the loop iterates
count controlled loop
infinite loop
Nested loop
Test action
31. Use a ______ loop when you always want the task to be performed at least one time regardless of whether it is true or false
While loop
Do-While
count controlled
Do-While loop
32. The amount by which the counter variable is incremented in a For loop
count controlled loop
step amount
a count controlled loop
repetition structure
33. The _____ statement is specifically designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
For
count controlled
pretest loop
Do-Until
34. A Do-While loop can always be written in the form of __________ loop
pretest loop
While
Initialization action
While loop
35. A special value that marks the end of a list of values. Useful when processing a long list of values with a loop
Sentinel
Do-until
For
Initialization action
36. A loop that tests its condition BEFORE performing an iteration - e.g. while loop
post test loop
pretest loop
Do-until
count controlled