Question

Identify the false statement.

a. The switch statement is useful when you need to test a single variable against a series of exact integer or character values.
b. A break statement bypasses the rest of its switch structure, and execution continues with any statement after the closing curly brace of the switch structure.
c. When you must make more decisions than Java can support, you use a switch statement instead of nested statements.

Answer 1

The false statement is c. The corrected statement clarifies that a switch statement is used for checking a variable against exact values, not because Java has a limit on the number of decisions it can support.

Step-by-step explanation:

Identify the false statement among the following:

• a. The switch statement is useful when you need to test a single variable against a series of exact integer or character values.
• b. A break statement bypasses the rest of its switch structure, and execution continues with any statement after the closing curly brace of the switch structure.
• c. When you must make more decisions than Java can support, you use a switch statement instead of nested statements.

The false statement here is c. The corrected statement is: When you have a decision that involves testing a single variable against a series of exact integer or character values, you can use a switch statement rather than nested if statements. However, the number of decisions or branches in the code is not limited by Java; therefore, a switch statement is not used because of a limit on decisions Java can support.