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Basic Programming Vocab

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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A storage location in memory represented by a name
variable
count-controlled loop
string
hierarchy charts

2. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
Do-Until loop
uninitialized variable
decision structure
Do-While loop

3. Iterates a specific number of times
uninitialized variable
variable
While loop
count-controlled loop

4. Data that a program receives while it is running
If-Then statement
count-controlled loop
control structure
input

5. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
Do-While loop
loop
module aliases
parameter

6. Uses a true/false condition to control the number of times that it repeats
Boolean expressions
sequence structure
size declarator
condition-controlled loop

7. The identifying number assigned to each element in an array
Boolean expressions
module aliases
sentinel
subscripts

8. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
input
sentinel
prompt
array

9. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
dual alternative decision structure
sequence structure
module aliases
arguments

10. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
sequence structure
Boolean expressions
string
logical operator function

11. Data that a program receives while it is running
sequence structure
global variable
input
repetition structure

12. A group of statements that perform a specific task
Boolean expressions
repetition structure
module
logical operators

13. Storage locations in an array
pretest loop
control structure
If-Then-Else statement
elements

14. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
pretest loop
size declarator
output
module aliases

15. Another name for a repetition structure
If-Then statement
For statement
string literal
loop

16. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
If-Then statement
pretest loop
uninitialized variable
string

17. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
variable
uninitialized variable
arguments
sequence structure

18. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
hierarchy charts
input
string literal
array

19. A logical design that controls the order in which a group of statements execute
variable declaration
variable declaration
arguments
control structure

20. Another name for a repetition structure
repetition structure
input
loop
While loop

21. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
string
Do-Until loop
logical operator function
library functions

22. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
variable
hierarchy charts
dual alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop

23. A group of statements that perform a specific task
input
input
module
count-controlled loop

24. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
repetition structure
loop
prompt
decision structure

25. Repeats a specific number of times
single alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop
assignment statement
While loop

26. AND-OR-NOT
logical operators
input
Boolean expressions
Do-While loop

27. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
sequence structure
While loop
module
string

28. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
string literal
variable declaration
If-Then statement
While loop

29. Sets a variable to a specified value
count-controlled loop
logical operator function
string literal
assignment statement

30. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
count-controlled loop
While loop
repetition structure
hierarchy charts

31. AND-OR-NOT
subscripts
logical operators
Boolean expressions
count-controlled loop

32. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
dual alternative decision structure
If-Then-Else statement
condition-controlled loop
iteration

33. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
string literal
condition-controlled loop
subscripts
module

34. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
dual alternative decision structure
uninitialized variable
string
logical operator function

35. A sequence of characters used as data
single alternative decision structure
logical operators
variable declaration
string

36. A statement designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
loop
count-controlled loop
variable
For statement

37. The execution of the body of a loop
iteration
global variable
string
output

38. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
logical operator function
If-Then-Else statement
For statement
loop

39. A sequence of characters used as data
string
module aliases
Boolean expressions
arguments

40. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
condition-controlled loop
function
loop
global variable

41. Uses a true/false condition to control the number of times that it repeats
condition-controlled loop
global variable
While loop
While loop

42. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
uninitialized variable
Do-While loop
pretest loop
If-Then statement

43. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
dual alternative decision structure
sequence structure
arguments
subscripts

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

45. Has two possible paths of execution
variable
If-Then-Else statement
dual alternative decision structure
Do-While loop

46. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
loop
string literal
parameter
global variable

47. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
pretest loop
module aliases
function
decision structure

48. A special variable that receives an argument when a module is called
module
global variable
prompt
parameter

49. Sets a variable to a specified value
For statement
decision structure
assignment statement
logical operator function

50. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
logical operator function
If-Then statement
arguments
loop