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