Ch. 5.6: The for Loop

Question 1

What is a conditional loop?

Answer 1

A loop that will execute as long as the input value is invalid.

Question 2

What is a count-controlled loop?

Answer 2

A loop where you know the exact number of iterations that a loop must perform.

Question 3

What is the for loop?

Answer 3

The for loop is specifically designed to initialize, test, and update a counter variable.

Question 4

What is the initialization expression?

Answer 4

It is normally used to initialize a counter variable to its starting value.

Question 5

What is the test expression?

Answer 5

This is an expression that controls the execution of the loop. As long as this expression is true the body of the for loop will repeat.

Question 6

What is the update expression?

Answer 6

It executes at the end of each iteration. Typically, this is a statement that increments the loop’s counter variable.