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Conditional Programming
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A _______ will not run unless the condition is true
while loop
count controlled loop
Accumulator
Initialization action
2. The loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat until a condition is true
infinite loop
counter variable
Do-until
While loop
3. A Do-While loop can always be written in the form of __________ loop
loop iteration
increment
While loop
infinite loop
4. A loop that tests its condition BEFORE performing an iteration - e.g. while loop
pretest loop
For
running total
a count controlled loop
5. Use a ________ loop when you want to perform a task until the condition is true
Do-while
Do-Until
For
counter variable
6. A loop that is inside of another loop - e.g. A clock: Hours and minutes and seconds--3 loops in one location
step amount
Nested loop
Increasing
infinite loop
7. Condition controlled and _______ are 2 categories of loops
count controlled
Increasing
counter variable
For
8. The _____ loop iterates until a condition is true (as long as the condition is false)
post test loop
impossible
Do-Until
Do-while
9. The three types of condition controlled loops are: While and Do-While and ______
While loop
loop iteration
Do-Until
repetition structure
10. The amount by which the counter variable is incremented in a For loop
infinite loop
Test action
loop iteration
step amount
11. A loop that iterates a specific number of times
For
a count controlled loop
post test loop
pretest loop
12. The name of the running total variable - the first step in a flowchart for a running total is to set the accumulator to 0
While loop
Accumulator
Condition controlled loop
Do-Until
13. A counter that stores the number of iterations that it has performed
counter variable
Increasing
impossible
For
14. 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
repetition structure
For
Increasing
Test action
15. A loop type that uses a true/false condition to control the number of times it repeats
Condition controlled loop
While loop
a count controlled loop
For
16. The ________ in a count controlled loop: Before the loop begins the counter variable is initialized to a starting value
Increasing
Sentinel
Initialization action
post test loop
17. An ______ goes through all of its iterations for every single outer loop iteration
Do-Until
inner loop
while loop
body of a loop
18. A special value that marks the end of a list of values. Useful when processing a long list of values with a loop
Nested loop
Sentinel
While loop
step amount
19. Causes a statement or set of statements to execute repeatedly
post test loop
running total
repetition structure
counter variable
20. Each execution of the body of a loop
Do-While
loop iteration
infinite loop
pretest loop
21. Use a _____ loop where where the condition may be false to start with and you do NOT want the loop to iterate
While loop
Do-While
while loop
count controlled loop
22. A ______ loop will not execute unless a condition is true
Do-Until
inner loop
While
Do-while
23. A loop type that repeats a specific number of times
count controlled loop
Do-While
Increasing
count controlled
24. A _____________ loop will always perform at least one iteration even if the condition is false to begin with.
Do-While
Do-Until
Do-While loop
body of a loop
25. loop Anexample of a count controlled loop
Do-until
For
loop iteration
Test action
26. A loop that continues to repeat until the program is interrupted - always avoid using this
infinite loop
count controlled
While
While loop
27. While and _____ are loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat as long as a condition is true
For
Do-while
step amount
impossible
28. ______ the value during each iteration is the Increment action in a count controlled loop
running total
Increasing
pretest loop
Test action
29. 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
step amount
pretest loop
impossible
While loop
30. A loop that performs an iteration before testing its condition - e.g. Do-While and Do-Until
post test loop
a count controlled loop
Do-While
Do-until
31. The _____ statement is specifically designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
For
a count controlled loop
impossible
Do-Until
32. A sum of numbers that accumulates with each iteration of a loop
step amount
a count controlled loop
Do-While loop
running total
33. Statements that appear on the lines between the start and end clauses
counter variable
While
body of a loop
inner loop
34. Use a ______ loop when you always want the task to be performed at least one time regardless of whether it is true or false
Initialization action
Accumulator
Do-Until
Do-While
35. It is _______ to write a count controlled While or Do-While or Do-Until loop
step amount
Do-While
a count controlled loop
impossible
36. Using the counter variable a count controlled loop performs Initialization and test and _______
Do-Until
Nested loop
running total
increment