Conditionals and Recursion

Question 1

modulus operator

Answer 1

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

Question 2

boolean expression

Answer 2

An expression whose value is either True or False.

Question 3

relational operator

Answer 3

One of the operators that compares its operands: =, !=, >, =, and <=.

Question 4

logical operator

Answer 4

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

Question 5

conditional statement

Answer 5

A statement that controls the flow of execution depending on some condition.

Question 6

condition

Answer 6

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

Question 7

compound statement

Answer 7

A statement that consists of a header and a body. The header ends with a colon (:). The body is indented relative to the heaader.

Question 8

branch

Answer 8

One of the alternative sequences of statements in a conditional statement.

Question 9

chained conditional

Answer 9

A conditional statement with a series of alternative branches.

Question 10

nested conditional

Answer 10

A conditional statement that appears in one of the branches of another conditional statement.

Question 11

recursion

Answer 11

The process of calling the function that is currently executing.

Question 12

base case

Answer 12

A conditional branch in a recursive function that does not make a recursive call.

Question 13

infinite recursion

Answer 13

A recursion that doesn’t have a base case, or never reaches it. Eventually, an infinite recursion causes a runtime error.