Computer Programming Quiz 4

You use the case structure only when a series of decisions is based on a single expression.

• True

• False

In any comparison, the two values compared can be either variables or constants.

• True

• False

Any decision can be made using combinations of just two types of comparisons: equal and not equal.

• True

• False

Most programming languages allow you to ask two or more questions in a single comparison.

• True

• False

A short-circuit evaluation is where each part of an expression is evaluated only as far as necessary to determine whether the entire expression is true or false.

• True

• False

The NOT operator is a binary operator, meaning it takes two operands.

• True

• False

A ____ expression is one that represents only one of two states, usually expressed as true or false.

• Boolean

• compound

• Unicode

• dual

The ____ clause of the decision is the part that executes only when the tested condition in the decision is false.

• if

• then

• else

• endif

When you ask multiple questions before an outcome is determined, you create a ____ condition.

• dual-alternative

• nested

• single-alternative

• compound

A series of if statements where each one is embedded within the previous one is also called a ____ if statement.

• stacked

• cascading

• indented

• waterfall