Relational Operators & Selection Structures

Question 1

What is an operand?

Answer 1

The variable in a line of code.

Example: test = x + y (x and y are the operand)

Question 2

What is an operator?

Answer 2

Describes what action is going to be peformed.

Example: test = x + y ( = and + are operators)

Question 3

What do operands in a comparison need to be?

Answer 3

They need to be of the same data type. Numeric to Numeric or Strings to Strings

Question 4

What is a Boolean

Answer 4

A Boolean value is either True or False

Example:
x = True
y = False

Question 5

Equivalency Operator

Answer 5

”=” evaluates a operands as equal. Usually seen as “ = = “ to avoid confusion with assignment operator.

Question 6

What is a selection structure?

Answer 6

Used to make a decision or comparison, then decides what path.

Typically deciding whether the statement is true of false.

Question 7

Compound condition

Answer 7

Where you need to ask multiple questions in a selection structure.