Conditional Statements and Loops in Pseudocode

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What is the structure of an IF-THEN-ELSE statement?

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IF condition THEN path1 ELSE path2 ENDIF

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What does the ELSE path in an IF statement represent?

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The path followed if the condition is false.

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What is the purpose of the ENDIF keyword?

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It marks the end of an IF statement.

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How can an IF condition be set up?

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Using a Boolean variable or comparison operators.

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What does A > B mean in a comparison?

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A is greater than B.

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What is the structure of a CASE statement?

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CASE OF variable value1: action1 value2: action2 ... OTHERWISE action ENDCASE

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What does the OTHERWISE path in a CASE statement represent?

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The path taken for all other values not specified.

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What is a loop in programming?

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A sequence of instructions that is continually repeated until a certain condition is reached.

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What are the three common types of loops?

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FOR … NEXT, WHILE … ENDWHILE, REPEAT … UNTIL.

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What is the purpose of the REPEAT … UNTIL loop?

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To repeat actions until a given condition becomes true, ensuring at least one execution.