Exam 1: I Am Not a Control Freak Control Structures

When used in a program, the ____ structure directs the computer to repeat one or more instructions until some condition is met, at which time the computer should stop repeating the instructions.

Programmers must use the repetition structure in every program they write.

Without the repetition structure, if you needed an instruction to repeat 20 times you would have to write that instructions 20 times in your program.

Control structures or ____ structures control the flow of a program's logic.

The ____ structure makes a decision and then takes an appropriate action based on that decision.

When used in a computer program, the selection structure alerts the computer that a decision needs to be made, and it provides the appropriate action to take based on the result of that decision.

The redo structure is also referred to as a loop or as iteration.

A(n) ____ is a set of step-by-step instructions that accomplish a task.

The ____ structure in a computer program directs the computer to process the program instructions, one after another, in the order listed in the program.

All computer programs, no matter how simple or how complex, are written using one or more of three basic structures: sequence, selection, and repetition.