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26.18: Quiz Question Answers - Chapter 18

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    Quiz question answers for chapter 18 are as follows:

    1. The two requirements for a recursive definition are a base case and rule, or set of rules, that reduce toward the base case.
    2. In recursion, the case for which a solution is obtained directly is called the base case.
    3. The keyword recursive is required for a recursive subroutine.
    4. The two keywords required for a recursive function are recursive and result.
    5. There are no special requirements needed in the calling routine in order to call a recursive subroutine or recursive function.
    6. If a recursive routine does not stop recursing, it will recurse indefinitely, thus hanging the program and producing no results. The program would need to be manually terminated.
    7. A complete recursion tree for the recursive Fibonnaci function with an input of 4 is as follows:
      The Fibonacci recursion tree for input 4.

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