COP2253 Zybooks Chapter Four

Question 1

loop

Answer 1

a program construct that repeatedly executes the loop’s statements (loop body) while the loop’s expression is true, when false, execution proceeds past the loop

Question 2

iteration

Answer 2

each time through a loop’s statements

Question 3

infinite loop

Answer 3

loop that never stops iterating

Question 4

loop expression should describe

Answer 4

when the loop should iterate, not when it should terminate

Question 5

sentinel value

Answer 5

a special value indicating the end of a list

Question 6

do-while loop

Answer 6

loop constructs that first executes the loop body’s statements, then checks the loop condition

Question 7

for loop

Answer 7

loop with three parts at the top: a loop variable initialization, a loop expression, and a loop variable update. iterates a specific number of times.

Question 8

increment operator

Answer 8

++

Question 9

decrement operator

Answer 9

–

Question 10

break statement

Answer 10

in a loop, causes an immediate exit of the loop

Question 11

continue statement

Answer 11

causes an immediate jump to the loop condition check

Question 12

scope

Answer 12

the region of code where a declared name is valid

Question 13

enumeration type (enum)

Answer 13

declares a name for a new type and possible values for that type