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1. What can you use immediate
   execution for in BASIC?

   A. Printing words.

   B. Printing the results of
      numeric calculations.

   C. Assigning values to
      variables.

   D. All of the above.
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D
Immediate execution lets you try
out BASIC statements one at a time.
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2. In what order are statements
   in a BASIC program executed?

   A. Alphabetical order.

   B. The order in which they were
      entered.

   C. Numerical order by line
      number.

   D. Random order.
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C
BASIC executes statements in the
order of the line numbers, begin-
ning with the smallest number.
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3. Which BASIC statement would you
   use to erase a program from
   memory?

   A. SAVE

   B. NEW

   C. END

   D. None of the above
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B
The NEW statement erases the
current program from memory.
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4. Which BASIC statement would you
   use to ask for someone's name?

   A. LET

   B. INPUT

   C. END

   D. NEW
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B
The INPUT statement in a program
displays a question mark.
Whatever the user types as an
answer is stored in a variable.
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5. Assigning a new value to a
   variable...

   A. destroys its previous value.
   B. automatically saves its
      previous value to disk.
   C. saves its previous value to
      memory.
   D. adds the new value to the
      previous value.
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A
Any time a new value is assigned
to a variable, the old, previous
value is lost.
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6. What type of variable could be
   used to store a person's name?

   A. A numeric variable.

   B. A string variable.

   C. Either type of variable.

   D. Neither type of variable.
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B
String variables are used to store
strings of characters, like names.
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