Multiple choice technology programming languages

Which of the following statements is true?

  1. CONTINUE statement gives control to the verb following the next period.

  2. NEXT SENTENCE gives control to the verb after the explicit scope terminator.

  3. CONTINUE gives control to the verb after the explicit scope terminator.

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

In COBOL the CONTINUE verb is a no‑operation that passes control to the next executable statement after the current scope terminator, such as the end of a paragraph or section. Therefore the statement that describes CONTINUE giving control after the explicit scope terminator is true.

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