Coding: Conditionals

What is a conditional statement?

• A statement that works even if something is true

• A statement that works only under certain conditions

• A statement that exists only in game code

• A statement that exists only in programming languages

The conditional operator instructs the computer to check whether the condition is _______ or not.

• greater or less

• left or right

• true or false

• high or low

If the condition is false, which part of the program can execute?

• "else"

• "actually"

• "otherwise"

• "instead"

If the condition is true, what will the computer do?

• Go to else

• Perform a certain task

• Go to else if

• Check again if the condition is false

If the if statement is false, what condition can be checked before the program moves to "else"?

• else if

• else after

• instead of

• otherwise

If you have if, else if, and else in your conditional statement, how many different outcomes can occur?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

If both the if condition and the else if condition are false, what will the program do?

• Return and check the if condition again

• Check the else if condition again

• Proceed to else

• Delete the if condition

Your grandmother says: "If you help me fix the TV, I'll buy you ice cream. Otherwise, I'll tell your father that you didn't help me." What condition must be met for your grandmother to buy you ice cream?

• Your grandmother will tell your father that you didn't help

• Tell your father that you didn't help

• Buy ice cream

• Help your grandmother fix the TV

You are organizing your wardrobe. You decided that if you choose a shirt and it is red, you will keep it. If not, you will give the shirt to your brother. What conditional statement can you write for this situation?

• If the shirt is red, then keep it. Otherwise, give the shirt to my brother.

• If the shirt is red, then give it to my brother. Otherwise, keep the shirt.

• If the shirt is red, then give it to my brother. Otherwise, give the shirt to my brother.

• If the shirt is red, then keep it. Otherwise, keep the shirt.

Read the following game condition and choose what the program will do if your level is 5. If the level is 3, summon a dancing crocodile. Otherwise, if the level is 5, summon a singing parrot. Otherwise, summon a poisonous spider.

• Summon a dancing crocodile.

• Summon a singing parrot.

• Summon a poisonous spider.