Chapter 3

Question 1

Control Structure

Answer 1

Logical design that controls order in which set of statements execute.

Question 2

Sequence Structure

Answer 2

Set of statements that execute in the order they appear.

Question 3

Decision Structure/ Selection Structure

Answer 3

Specific action(s) perform only if a condition exists.

Question 4

Single Alternative Decision Structure

Answer 4

Provides only one alternative path of execution.

Question 5

Boolean Expression

Answer 5

Expression tested by if statement to determine if it is true or false.

Question 6

Relational Operator

Answer 6

Determines whether a specific relationship exists between two values.

Question 7

Dual Alternative Decision Structure

Answer 7

Two possible paths of execution.

Question 8

How are strings compared?

Answer 8

By looking at the ASCII values for each individual character.

Question 9

What would the following code display?
if ‘z’ < ‘a’:
	print(‘z is less than a’)
else:
	print(‘z is not less than a’)

Answer 9

z is not less than a

Question 10

What would the following code display?
s1 = ‘New York’
s2 = ‘Boston’
if s1 > s2:
	print(s2)
	print(s1)
else:
	print(s1)
	print(s2)

Answer 10

New York is greater than Boston

Question 11

Logical Operators

Answer 11

Operators that can be used to create complex Boolean expressions.

Question 12

Short Circuit Evaluation

Answer 12

Deciding the value of a compound Boolean expression after evaluating only one sub expression.

Question 13

Boolean Variable

Answer 13

References on of two values, True or False.