Chapter 7 - Definitions

Question 1

Define block

Answer 1

A group of consecutive statements w/the same indentation

Question 2

Define body

Answer 2

The block of statements in a compound statement that follows the header

Question 3

Define boolean expression

Answer 3

An expression that is either true or false

Question 4

Define boolean function

Answer 4

A fxn that returns a boolean value. The only possible values of the bool type are False and True

Question 5

Define boolean value

Answer 5

There are exactly 2 boolean values: True and False. Boolean values result when a boolean expression is evaluated by the Python interpreter. They have type bool.

Question 6

Define branch

Answer 6

One of the possible paths of flow of execution determined by conditional execution

Question 7

Define chained conditional

Answer 7

A conditional branch with more than 2 possible flows of execution. In Python chained conditionals are written with if… elif… else statements

Question 8

Define comparison operator

Answer 8

One of the operators that compares 2 values: ==, !=, >, =, and <=

Question 9

Define condition

Answer 9

The boolean expression in a conditional statement that determines which branch is executed

Question 10

Define conditional statement

Answer 10

A statement that controls the flow of execution depending on some condition. In Python the keywords if, elif, and else are used for conditional statements

Question 11

Define logical operator

Answer 11

One of the operators that combines boolean expressions: and, or, and not

Question 12

Define modulus operator

Answer 12

An operator, denoted with a percent sign (%), that works on integers and yields the remainder when one number is divided by another

Question 13

Define nesting

Answer 13

One program structure within another, such as a conditional statement inside a branch of another conditional statement