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Basic Programming Vocab

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1. Provides only one alternate path of execution
iteration
decision structure
control structure
single alternative decision structure

2. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
Do-While loop
arguments
pretest loop
If-Then-Else statement

3. Iterates a specific number of times
count-controlled loop
pretest loop
While loop
control structure

4. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
decision structure
If-Then-Else statement
global variable
logical operator function

5. The process of converting an algorithm into a series of subtasks
parameter
top-down design
control structure
Do-While loop

6. A special variable that receives an argument when a module is called
output
prompt
parameter
If-Then statement

7. A storage location in memory represented by a name
top-down design
variable
decision structure
library functions

8. Iterates a specific number of times
count-controlled loop
logical operator function
function
logical operators

9. Sets a variable to a specified value
arguments
decision structure
subscripts
assignment statement

10. Data generated and displayed by a program
pretest loop
Do-While loop
hierarchy charts
output

11. Specifies variable's name and data type
elements
While loop
variable declaration
dual alternative decision structure

12. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
size declarator
variable
logical operator function
arguments

13. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
prompt
arguments
Do-Until loop
module aliases

14. Provides only one alternate path of execution
subscripts
single alternative decision structure
condition-controlled loop
While loop

15. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
dual alternative decision structure
sequence structure
decision structure
If-Then statement

16. Specifies the number of values that an array can hold
uninitialized variable
dual alternative decision structure
parameter
size declarator

17. A special value that marks the end of a list of values
sentinel
While loop
hierarchy charts
module

18. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
While loop
If-Then-Else statement
module
control structure

19. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
variable
decision structure
count-controlled loop
uninitialized variable

20. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
global variable
single alternative decision structure
subscripts
input

21. A sequence of characters used as data
control structure
logical operators
control structure
string

22. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
single alternative decision structure
Do-Until loop
variable declaration
variable

23. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
count-controlled loop
prompt
single alternative decision structure
repetition structure

24. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
count-controlled loop
iteration
arguments
module aliases

25. Specifies variable's name and data type
variable declaration
If-Then statement
pretest loop
string literal

26. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
string literal
input
sequence structure
count-controlled loop

27. A group of statements that perform a specific task
module
variable declaration
Do-Until loop
If-Then statement

28. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
If-Then statement
Boolean expressions
size declarator
output

29. Uses a true/false condition to control the number of times that it repeats
variable
global variable
condition-controlled loop
top-down design

30. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
library functions
Do-Until loop
Do-While loop
variable declaration

31. Uses a true/false condition to control the number of times that it repeats
count-controlled loop
condition-controlled loop
subscripts
logical operators

32. A storage location in memory represented by a name
dual alternative decision structure
variable
output
size declarator

33. The execution of the body of a loop
iteration
output
pretest loop
Boolean expressions

34. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
string literal
For statement
assignment statement
module aliases

35. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
single alternative decision structure
Boolean expressions
output
string literal

36. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
prompt
sentinel
string literal
string literal

37. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
pretest loop
string literal
prompt
parameter

38. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
parameter
count-controlled loop
output
If-Then-Else statement

39. AND-OR-NOT
single alternative decision structure
logical operators
decision structure
If-Then statement

40. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
string
variable
loop
logical operator function

41. A sequence of characters used as data
Do-While loop
parameter
If-Then-Else statement
string

42. Data that a program receives while it is running
count-controlled loop
If-Then statement
module
input

43. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
hierarchy charts
condition-controlled loop
uninitialized variable
variable

44. A logical design that controls the order in which a group of statements execute
iteration
control structure
variable
uninitialized variable

45. Repeats a specific number of times
count-controlled loop
prompt
top-down design
If-Then-Else statement

46. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
module aliases
While loop
assignment statement
parameter

47. AND-OR-NOT
pretest loop
logical operators
sentinel
variable declaration

48. Another name for a repetition structure
output
uninitialized variable
loop
parameter

49. Variables that can hold a group of values of the same data type
module
size declarator
array
string

50. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
arguments
hierarchy charts
repetition structure
Do-Until loop