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Basic Programming Vocab

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. AND-OR-NOT
logical operators
prompt
Do-Until loop
count-controlled loop

2. The identifying number assigned to each element in an array
logical operator function
prompt
subscripts
variable declaration

3. Uses a true/false condition to control the number of times that it repeats
hierarchy charts
sentinel
output
condition-controlled loop

4. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
variable
control structure
Boolean expressions
loop

5. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
repetition structure
prompt
Do-Until loop
count-controlled loop

6. The execution of the body of a loop
decision structure
decision structure
iteration
repetition structure

7. The execution of the body of a loop
repetition structure
If-Then statement
iteration
Do-Until loop

8. A sequence of characters used as data
input
condition-controlled loop
string
Do-Until loop

9. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
prompt
pretest loop
elements
iteration

10. Specifies variable's name and data type
iteration
variable
variable declaration
Do-Until loop

11. Procedures and subroutines and subprograms and methods and functions
variable declaration
sentinel
module
module aliases

12. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
count-controlled loop
repetition structure
logical operator function
logical operators

13. Tests its condition before performing an iteration
library functions
pretest loop
output
arguments

14. A message that asks the user to enter a specific value
decision structure
dual alternative decision structure
If-Then statement
prompt

15. Repeats a specific number of times
pretest loop
library functions
count-controlled loop
For statement

16. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
elements
string literal
global variable
Do-While loop

17. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
sequence structure
logical operators
input
decision structure

18. Another name for a repetition structure
loop
Do-Until loop
While loop
library functions

19. Expressions that can be evaluated as either True of False
subscripts
sequence structure
sentinel
Boolean expressions

20. Has two possible paths of execution
dual alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop
output
parameter

21. A group of statements that perform a specific task
pretest loop
sequence structure
While loop
module

22. Used to write a single alternative decision structure
input
If-Then statement
variable
decision structure

23. Data generated and displayed by a program
output
top-down design
string
hierarchy charts

24. A storage location in memory represented by a name
string literal
count-controlled loop
single alternative decision structure
variable

25. Allows a program to perform actions only if certain conditions are met
decision structure
logical operators
single alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop

26. Repeats a specific number of times
repetition structure
top-down design
count-controlled loop
size declarator

27. Data generated and displayed by a program
output
repetition structure
variable
iteration

28. Another name for a repetition structure
While loop
elements
string literal
loop

29. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
control structure
uninitialized variable
decision structure
If-Then-Else statement

30. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
uninitialized variable
pretest loop
count-controlled loop
prompt

31. Provides only one alternate path of execution
global variable
top-down design
single alternative decision structure
iteration

32. Used to create complex Boolean expressions
logical operator function
If-Then-Else statement
iteration
prompt

33. Variable that has been declared but has not been assigned a value
input
Do-Until loop
uninitialized variable
assignment statement

34. Uses a true/false condition to control the number of times that it repeats
If-Then-Else statement
function
condition-controlled loop
iteration

35. Performs a specified task while a condition is true
output
module aliases
iteration
While loop

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

37. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
string literal
condition-controlled loop
decision structure
Do-While loop

38. A variable that is accessible to every module in a program
variable declaration
module aliases
global variable
loop

39. Performs an iteration before testing its condition
count-controlled loop
function
Do-While loop
decision structure

40. A string that appears in the actual code of a program
Boolean expressions
sequence structure
string literal
repetition structure

41. Statements execute in the order in which they appear
control structure
repetition structure
input
sequence structure

42. A module that returns a value to the program
function
string literal
parameter
variable declaration

43. Data that a program receives while it is running
iteration
dual alternative decision structure
input
hierarchy charts

44. Used to write a dual alternative decision structure
dual alternative decision structure
prompt
Do-While loop
If-Then-Else statement

45. Causes a set of statements to execute repeatedly
variable declaration
elements
repetition structure
single alternative decision structure

46. A group of statements that perform a specific task
count-controlled loop
module
Boolean expressions
If-Then statement

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

48. A loop that iterates until a condition is true
top-down design
Do-Until loop
If-Then statement
top-down design

49. A statement designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
For statement
While loop
function
single alternative decision structure

50. Iterates a specific number of times
module aliases
input
single alternative decision structure
count-controlled loop