Quiz 17 Solution - Friday July 7, 2000

1. When a compiler stops evaluating a logical expression since it can determine the truth or falsehood of the expression by looking at the first condition in the expression what is this called?

Short-Circuit Evaluation

2. What type of variable can be used in a switch statement?

an ordinal type

3. True/False In the expression A || B, both A and B have to be true in order for the expression to be true.

False

4. True/False Any statement that can be written as a switch can be rewritten as a nested if with an else.

True