Both the && and || operators perform ____________, in which CPU time is saved by not checking the expression on the right side of the operator depending on the value of the expression on the left side of the operator.

When you write a stand-alone statement to increment a variable, the prefix operator is faster than the postfix version.

The ____________ uses a loop to step through the elements in an an array one by one, from the first to the last.

When you want to read data from a text file, you create a file object using the ____________.

Virtually all operating systems follow the same set of rules for naming files.

In general, the same naming rules that apply to variables also apply to methods.

In C#, you declare a reference parameter by writing the ____________ keyword before the parameter variable’s data type.

What special value are the elements of an array of reference type objects equal to by default?

Because subscript numbering starts at 0, the subscript of the last element in an array is 1 less than the total number of elements in the array.

A(n) ____________ decision structure provides only one alternative path of execution.