Exam 3: Understanding Structure

As a general rule, an eof question should always come immediately after an input statement because the end-of-file condition will be detected at input.

Why does spaghetti code have a shorter shelf life than structured code?

One way to straighten out an unstructured flowchart segment is to use the ____ method.

A(n)____________________ can contain any number of tasks, but there is no option to branch off and skip any of the tasks.

With a(n)____, you perform an action or task, and then you perform the next action, in order.

The following pseudocode is an example of ____.

The case structure is a variation of the sequence structure and the do loop is a variation of the while loop.

The priming read is an example of a(n)____ task.

if-else examples can also be called ____ because they contain the action taken when the tested condition is true and the action taken when it is false.

Some people call the selection structure a(n)____________________ statement.

You may hear programmers refer to looping as ____.

Rewrite the following as a while loop: do pay bills while more bills remain to be paid

A structured program includes only combinations of the three basic structures: ____.

Why is it best to use only three programming structures?

A group of statements that execute as a single unit are called a(n)____________________.

The maximum number of entry points that any programming structure can have is ____.

Describe a loop structure.