Deck 12: How Long Can This Go on Pretest Loops

Question 1

Repetition structures use accumulator variables to tally information such as the total dollar amount of a week's payroll.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Like the condition in the If…Then…Else statement, the condition in the Do…Loop statement must evaluate to a Boolean value.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Any code containing a priming read must also include a matching update read within the loop.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The result of forgetting to enter the update read is a(n) ____ loop.

A) empty
C) infinite
B) temporary
D) short-circuited

Question 5

The value returned by the InputBox function is the same whether the user clicks the OK button, Cancel button, or Close button.

Question 6

The loop condition is represented by a parallelogram in a flowchart.

Question 7

A repetition structure can only be a pretest loop.

Question 8

A condition can contain variables, constants, properties, methods, or operators.

Question 9

The priming read is used to prepare or set up a loop.

Question 10

If the user clicks the OK button, the InputBox function returns ____.

A) an empty string
B) the value contained in the input area of the dialog box
C) OKValue
D) Nothing

Question 11

Like counter variables, accumulator variables are initialized inside the loop.

Question 12

Like counter variables, accumulator variables are updated outside the loop.

Question 13

A(n) ____ variable is a numeric variable used for adding something together.

A) static
C) accumulator
B) named
D) counter

Question 14

All computer programs are written using one or more of three control structures: sequence, selection, or repetition.

Question 15

You can use the ____ statement to code both a pretest loop and a posttest loop.

A) For…Next
C) Next…For
B) While…Wend
D) Do…Loop

Question 16

In a(n) ____ loop, the evaluation occurs after the instructions within the loop are processed.

A) pretest
C) execute
B) inline test
D) posttest

Question 17

In a loop that begins with a priming read, the ____ provides the way to end a loop.

A) changing read
C) ending read
B) update read
D) special read

Question 18

In a(n) ____ loop, the loop condition is evaluated before the instructions within the loop are processed.

A) pretest
C) inline test
B) posttest
D) execute

Question 19

Programmers use the ____ structure when they need the computer to repeatedly process one or more program instructions until some condition is met, at which time the processing ends.

A) decision
C) selection
B) repetition
D) declaration

Question 20

The Windows standard is to use book title capitalization for the prompt, but sentence capitalization for the title.

Question 21

The empty string is represented by the ____ constant in Visual Basic.

A) Nothing
C) String.Empty
B) String.Nothing
D) Empty.String

Question 22

The syntax for the InputBox function is ____.

A) InputBox(prompt[ , title][ , defaultResponse])
B) Input Box(prompt[ , title][ , defaultResponse])
C) InputBox[prompt( , title)( , defaultResponse)]
D) InputBox(prompt, title, defaultResponse)

Question 23

When entering the InputBox function in the Code Editor window, the prompt, title, and defaultResponse arguments must be enclosed in ____.

A) quotation marks
C) square brackets
B) asterisks
D) slashes

Question 24

If the user clicks either the Cancel button in the dialog box or the Close button on the dialog box's title bar, the InputBox function returns ____.

A) an empty string
B) the value contained in the input area of the dialog box
C) CancelValue
D) nothing

Question 25

A ____ error is an error that occurs while an application is running.

A) logic
C) syntax
B) compilation
D) run time