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Conditional Programming

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Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat until a condition is true
infinite loop
Do-until
Initialization action
loop iteration

2. A loop type that uses a true/false condition to control the number of times it repeats
Condition controlled loop
increment
repetition structure
While loop

3. The _____ loop iterates until a condition is true (as long as the condition is false)
Do-Until
count controlled loop
infinite loop
count controlled

4. 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
While loop
Test action
count controlled loop
count controlled

5. Using the counter variable a count controlled loop performs Initialization and test and _______
Test action
count controlled loop
While loop
increment

6. A counter that stores the number of iterations that it has performed
running total
counter variable
while loop
step amount

7. A loop that performs an iteration before testing its condition - e.g. Do-While and Do-Until
increment
while loop
post test loop
Do-While loop

8. The amount by which the counter variable is incremented in a For loop
step amount
counter variable
infinite loop
For

9. Condition controlled and _______ are 2 categories of loops
count controlled
inner loop
Do-While
While loop

10. It is _______ to write a count controlled While or Do-While or Do-Until loop
impossible
For
running total
count controlled

11. A loop that iterates a specific number of times
For
repetition structure
a count controlled loop
Do-while

12. Each execution of the body of a loop
While loop
step amount
loop iteration
Do-Until

13. Use a ______ loop when you always want the task to be performed at least one time regardless of whether it is true or false
Do-While
body of a loop
while loop
loop iteration

14. The ________ in a count controlled loop: Before the loop begins the counter variable is initialized to a starting value
Test action
Initialization action
Do-While
count controlled

15. A loop that continues to repeat until the program is interrupted - always avoid using this
Test action
infinite loop
counter variable
running total

16. Use a _____ loop where where the condition may be false to start with and you do NOT want the loop to iterate
Sentinel
loop iteration
Do-Until
Do-While

17. 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
loop iteration
impossible
Sentinel
While loop

18. A _____________ loop will always perform at least one iteration even if the condition is false to begin with.
Condition controlled loop
Do-While loop
inner loop
While loop

19. A loop that is inside of another loop - e.g. A clock: Hours and minutes and seconds--3 loops in one location
step amount
Increasing
Nested loop
While loop

20. A sum of numbers that accumulates with each iteration of a loop
step amount
Do-Until
While loop
running total

21. loop Anexample of a count controlled loop
count controlled loop
loop iteration
For
running total

22. Use a ________ loop when you want to perform a task until the condition is true
Do-Until
count controlled loop
impossible
loop iteration

23. A loop that tests its condition BEFORE performing an iteration - e.g. while loop
post test loop
Sentinel
pretest loop
While loop

24. An ______ goes through all of its iterations for every single outer loop iteration
inner loop
Condition controlled loop
Do-until
loop iteration

25. The three types of condition controlled loops are: While and Do-While and ______
post test loop
Test action
For
Do-Until

26. A ______ loop will not execute unless a condition is true
Do-Until
While
count controlled loop
increment

27. The name of the running total variable - the first step in a flowchart for a running total is to set the accumulator to 0
Test action
Nested loop
infinite loop
Accumulator

28. A Do-While loop can always be written in the form of __________ loop
While loop
running total
Do-until
loop iteration

29. ______ the value during each iteration is the Increment action in a count controlled loop
pretest loop
increment
Increasing
Do-Until

30. A _______ will not run unless the condition is true
Do-Until
a count controlled loop
while loop
running total

31. A loop type that repeats a specific number of times
Do-While loop
count controlled loop
loop iteration
while loop

32. A special value that marks the end of a list of values. Useful when processing a long list of values with a loop
Initialization action
running total
body of a loop
Sentinel

33. While and _____ are loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat as long as a condition is true
inner loop
Do-while
repetition structure
step amount

34. The _____ statement is specifically designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
Do-Until
Do-while
For
Do-until

35. Statements that appear on the lines between the start and end clauses
infinite loop
Initialization action
Test action
body of a loop

36. Causes a statement or set of statements to execute repeatedly
impossible
While loop
Increasing
repetition structure