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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 amount by which the counter variable is incremented in a For loop
infinite loop
step amount
count controlled loop
increment

2. Causes a statement or set of statements to execute repeatedly
a count controlled loop
inner loop
increment
repetition structure

3. A loop type that uses a true/false condition to control the number of times it repeats
loop iteration
Condition controlled loop
increment
count controlled

4. 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
pretest loop
For
loop iteration

5. The three types of condition controlled loops are: While and Do-While and ______
pretest loop
while loop
Do-Until
repetition structure

6. The name of the running total variable - the first step in a flowchart for a running total is to set the accumulator to 0
Do-Until
Nested loop
inner loop
Accumulator

7. A special value that marks the end of a list of values. Useful when processing a long list of values with a loop
while loop
While loop
Sentinel
repetition structure

8. Statements that appear on the lines between the start and end clauses
inner loop
body of a loop
Sentinel
While

9. A loop that continues to repeat until the program is interrupted - always avoid using this
infinite loop
Do-While
Do-While loop
Condition controlled loop

10. A _____________ loop will always perform at least one iteration even if the condition is false to begin with.
Do-while
Do-Until
impossible
Do-While loop

11. A Do-While loop can always be written in the form of __________ loop
count controlled
For
Do-Until
While loop

12. Condition controlled and _______ are 2 categories of loops
Do-While
Nested loop
pretest loop
count controlled

13. A _______ will not run unless the condition is true
a count controlled loop
infinite loop
while loop
Test action

14. A loop that performs an iteration before testing its condition - e.g. Do-While and Do-Until
post test loop
body of a loop
impossible
Sentinel

15. Each execution of the body of a loop
loop iteration
For
counter variable
Do-while

16. A loop that is inside of another loop - e.g. A clock: Hours and minutes and seconds--3 loops in one location
Do-Until
Nested loop
Test action
Initialization action

17. A ______ loop will not execute unless a condition is true
repetition structure
pretest loop
While
Do-Until

18. ______ the value during each iteration is the Increment action in a count controlled loop
Increasing
increment
while loop
While loop

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

20. A loop type that repeats a specific number of times
Do-While
count controlled loop
Initialization action
Do-until

21. 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
running total
Increasing
Test action
Do-While

22. 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
For
increment
inner loop
While loop

23. While and _____ are loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat as long as a condition is true
increment
Do-while
count controlled loop
post test loop

24. Use a ________ loop when you want to perform a task until the condition is true
While loop
Do-Until
inner loop
counter variable

25. The _____ statement is specifically designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
For
count controlled
Do-until
Nested loop

26. The loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat until a condition is true
While loop
a count controlled loop
Accumulator
Do-until

27. A loop that tests its condition BEFORE performing an iteration - e.g. while loop
Condition controlled loop
pretest loop
step amount
While loop

28. A loop that iterates a specific number of times
While
Test action
repetition structure
a count controlled loop

29. A sum of numbers that accumulates with each iteration of a loop
step amount
counter variable
inner loop
running total

30. The ________ in a count controlled loop: Before the loop begins the counter variable is initialized to a starting value
infinite loop
Initialization action
For
inner loop

31. A counter that stores the number of iterations that it has performed
For
Accumulator
Do-Until
counter variable

32. loop Anexample of a count controlled loop
Do-While loop
Do-until
Condition controlled loop
For

33. Use a _____ loop where where the condition may be false to start with and you do NOT want the loop to iterate
infinite loop
For
Do-While
a count controlled loop

34. Using the counter variable a count controlled loop performs Initialization and test and _______
Do-While loop
For
increment
Initialization action

35. An ______ goes through all of its iterations for every single outer loop iteration
Do-while
Accumulator
step amount
inner loop

36. It is _______ to write a count controlled While or Do-While or Do-Until loop
infinite loop
impossible
Nested loop
Do-Until