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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 ______ 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
Do-While
Increasing
while loop
Test action

2. A loop type that uses a true/false condition to control the number of times it repeats
while loop
Condition controlled loop
inner loop
loop iteration

3. A special value that marks the end of a list of values. Useful when processing a long list of values with a loop
Do-Until
Sentinel
step amount
pretest loop

4. 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
While loop
Condition controlled loop
Accumulator
Do-Until

5. Each execution of the body of a loop
inner loop
Do-while
While loop
loop iteration

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

7. The three types of condition controlled loops are: While and Do-While and ______
Nested loop
running total
Initialization action
Do-Until

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

9. A _____________ loop will always perform at least one iteration even if the condition is false to begin with.
body of a loop
post test loop
Do-While loop
infinite loop

10. The _____ statement is specifically designed to initialize and test and increment a counter variable
For
increment
Sentinel
loop iteration

11. Causes a statement or set of statements to execute repeatedly
body of a loop
repetition structure
For
Accumulator

12. Use a ______ loop when you always want the task to be performed at least one time regardless of whether it is true or false
Nested loop
repetition structure
For
Do-While

13. A sum of numbers that accumulates with each iteration of a loop
running total
Test action
post test loop
infinite loop

14. A loop that iterates a specific number of times
Increasing
a count controlled loop
loop iteration
Initialization action

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

16. A ______ loop will not execute unless a condition is true
While
infinite loop
count controlled
For

17. A counter that stores the number of iterations that it has performed
counter variable
repetition structure
For
Accumulator

18. Use a ________ loop when you want to perform a task until the condition is true
Do-while
inner loop
Do-Until
impossible

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

20. A Do-While loop can always be written in the form of __________ loop
While
Do-Until
running total
While loop

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

22. loop Anexample of a count controlled loop
Accumulator
impossible
For
Sentinel

23. The _____ loop iterates until a condition is true (as long as the condition is false)
counter variable
count controlled
Do-Until
increment

24. A _______ will not run unless the condition is true
while loop
count controlled loop
pretest loop
post test loop

25. A loop type that repeats a specific number of times
While loop
infinite loop
while loop
count controlled loop

26. The name of the running total variable - the first step in a flowchart for a running total is to set the accumulator to 0
running total
While loop
Accumulator
count controlled loop

27. A loop that tests its condition BEFORE performing an iteration - e.g. while loop
For
repetition structure
pretest loop
While loop

28. The amount by which the counter variable is incremented in a For loop
a count controlled loop
Do-while
while loop
step amount

29. It is _______ to write a count controlled While or Do-While or Do-Until loop
body of a loop
Do-While
For
impossible

30. ______ the value during each iteration is the Increment action in a count controlled loop
While loop
increment
Do-While
Increasing

31. The loop(s) that cause a statement to repeat until a condition is true
Do-until
inner loop
Increasing
step amount

32. Using the counter variable a count controlled loop performs Initialization and test and _______
increment
a count controlled loop
Sentinel
step amount

33. An ______ goes through all of its iterations for every single outer loop iteration
inner loop
For
Do-until
counter variable

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

35. A loop that continues to repeat until the program is interrupted - always avoid using this
Do-While
loop iteration
For
infinite loop

36. Statements that appear on the lines between the start and end clauses
body of a loop
pretest loop
Do-While
counter variable