Answers to Self-Review Exercises

5.1

  1. for, while.

  2. after.

  3. switch.

  4. continue.

  5. && (conditional AND).

  6. false.

  7. static.

5.2

  1. False. The default case is optional. If no default action is needed, then there is no need for a default case.

  2. False. The break statement is used to exit the switch statement. The break statement is not required for the last case in a switch statement.

  3. False. Both of the relational expressions must be true for the entire expression to be true when using the && operator.

  4. True.

  5. True.

  6. False. The switch statement does not provide a mechanism for testing ranges of values, so every value that must be tested should be listed in a separate case label.

  7. True.

5.3 
  1. sum = 0;
for ( count = 1; <= 99; count += 2 )
   sum += count;
  2. double result = Math.pow( 2.5 ...

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