7.2 Sequence And Selection

Question 1

What are 3 basic control structures used in programming?

Answer 1

Sequence, selection and iteration

Question 2

Sequence

Answer 2

The statements are executed one by one in the order they are written

Question 3

Selection

Answer 3

Declared by an if statement. If the statement is true than the code executed will be the one with the true value.

Question 4

==

Answer 4

Equals to

Question 5

!=

Answer 5

Not equals to

Question 6

>

Answer 6

Greater than

Answer 7

Less than

Question 8

> =

Answer 8

Greater than or equal to

Question 9

<=

Answer 9

Less than or equal to

Question 10

Nested if statements are…

Answer 10

If statements inside if statements

Question 11

AND

Answer 11

Returns true if both conditions are true

Question 12

OR

Answer 12

Returns true if either of the conditions are true

Question 13

NOT

Answer 13

The opposite of the given input (true -> false, false-> true)

Question 14

Switch/case statement is used when…

Answer 14

A selection is to be made from several alternatives, for example when choosing from a menu

Question 15

How could you simulate a dice throw with the ‘random’ module?

Answer 15

import random

throw = random.randint(1, 7) #1 because we want it to start on 1 and 7 because python
#counts to the number before the inputted number