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Basic Programming Vocab

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1. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
decision structure
parameter
global variable
If-Then-Else statement

2. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
Boolean expressions
string
For statement
subscripts

3. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
arguments
string
count-controlled loop
count-controlled loop

4. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
parameter
string literal
If-Then statement
Boolean expressions

5. Has two possible paths of execution
dual alternative decision structure
repetition structure
input
loop

6. Specifies variable's name and data type
sequence structure
variable declaration
logical operator function
top-down design

7. A storage location in memory represented by a name
top-down design
variable
dual alternative decision structure
string literal

8. Repeats a specific number of times
count-controlled loop
If-Then-Else statement
prompt
sentinel

9. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
If-Then statement
While loop
parameter
pretest loop

10. A storage location in memory represented by a name
variable
count-controlled loop
control structure
logical operators

11. AND-OR-NOT
pretest loop
logical operators
If-Then-Else statement
string

12. A statement designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
pretest loop
input
control structure
For statement

13. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
sequence structure
input
iteration
Boolean expressions

14. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
library functions
count-controlled loop
If-Then statement
decision structure

15. A group of statements that perform a specific task
module
string literal
If-Then statement
input

16. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
iteration
uninitialized variable
repetition structure
parameter

17. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
string
decision structure
parameter
Do-While loop

18. Storage locations in an array
elements
logical operators
iteration
hierarchy charts

19. Data that a program receives while it is running
logical operator function
decision structure
input
top-down design

20. A sequence of characters used as data
string
loop
output
Do-While loop

21. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
prompt
array
loop
While loop

22. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
dual alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop
While loop
decision structure

23. A logical design that controls the order in which a group of statements execute
dual alternative decision structure
Do-Until loop
control structure
sequence structure

24. Variables that can hold a group of values of the same data type
array
parameter
iteration
control structure

25. The execution of the body of a loop
prompt
iteration
array
uninitialized variable

26. A group of statements that perform a specific task
module
Do-Until loop
array
count-controlled loop

27. A special variable that receives an argument when a module is called
logical operators
parameter
sequence structure
library functions

28. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
If-Then-Else statement
input
string
module

29. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
Boolean expressions
prompt
count-controlled loop
uninitialized variable

30. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
iteration
global variable
uninitialized variable
logical operators

31. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
input
iteration
assignment statement
global variable

32. Sets a variable to a specified value
assignment statement
decision structure
module aliases
module aliases

33. Specifies the number of values that an array can hold
uninitialized variable
size declarator
hierarchy charts
pretest loop

34. Pieces of data that are sent into a module
arguments
While loop
condition-controlled loop
decision structure

35. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
Boolean expressions
decision structure
string literal
While loop

36. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
sequence structure
single alternative decision structure
subscripts
Boolean expressions

37. A special value that marks the end of a list of values
variable declaration
global variable
sentinel
sequence structure

38. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
repetition structure
Boolean expressions
control structure
function

39. Provides only one alternate path of execution
single alternative decision structure
If-Then statement
control structure
hierarchy charts

40. Has two possible paths of execution
sentinel
parameter
string literal
dual alternative decision structure

41. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
Do-While loop
elements
arguments
module

42. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
decision structure
module aliases
If-Then statement
output

43. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
Do-While loop
string literal
While loop
size declarator

44. A graphical representation of modules connected in a way that illustrates their relationship to one another
hierarchy charts
assignment statement
loop
logical operators

45. Provides only one alternate path of execution
single alternative decision structure
array
variable
variable declaration

46. Data that a program receives while it is running
string literal
input
function
iteration

47. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
Do-Until loop
variable declaration
If-Then-Else statement
Boolean expressions

48. Another name for a repetition structure
pretest loop
loop
pretest loop
dual alternative decision structure

49. The process of converting an algorithm into a series of subtasks
count-controlled loop
logical operators
top-down design
decision structure

50. A sequence of characters used as data
string
subscripts
elements
input