Oracle® PL/SQL® Interactive Workbook, Second Edition

Chapter 8 Iterative Control

Lab 8.1 ▪ Self-Review Answers

A1:	Questions Answers Comments 1) C If there is no EXIT condition specified, a simple loop becomes an infinite loop. In other words, a sequence of statements will be executed an infinite number of times because there is no statement specifying when the loop must terminate.
A2:	Questions Answers Comments 2) B As soon as the EXIT statement is encountered, the loop is terminated.
A3:	Questions Answers Comments 3) A As long as the EXIT condition does not evaluate to TRUE, the control is never transferred to the EXIT statement. This will prevent a loop from terminating. For example, IF x > 5 THEN EXIT; END IF; In this case, the EXIT condition is a test condition of the IF statement. ...