Decision Point

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A Decision Point is a place in a program where the execution flow through the program is controlled. As a general rule, Decision Points occur at the Control Flow statements, however, the each boolean expression in the Control Flow statement is its own Decision Point.

Control flow graph where the control of the program diverges. Common examples include do-while statements, if statements, and case statements.

These statements are also referred to as control flow statements. Source: URI