Self Test Questions

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1. What characters are used to begin and end compound statements?

2. How does the if-else statement differ from the if statement?

3. What control statement can be used in place of nested if-else statements?

4. Why should a break statement be added to the end of each case of a switch statement?

5. What’s the purpose of a default case in a switch statement?

6. What’s the difference between a while and a do-while statement? When would you use a do-while instead of a while statement?

7. Convert the following while statement to a for statement:

   int i = 0; while(i<10){    //do something    i++; }

8. What will happen when the following code executes:

   int i = 0; while(i++ < 3){    cout<<"i = "<<i<<endl;    break; }

9. What happens when the following code executes:

   int i = 0; while(i < 3){    cout<<"i = "<<i<<endl;    continue;    i++; }

10. True/False: Goto statements can be used to jump outside of functions.

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