What type of programming statement evaluates a true/false Boolean expression to determine the next steps in a program?

A conditional statement is a programming construct that evaluates a Boolean expression—an expression that resolves to either true or false—to guide the flow of control in a program. When the condition is true, the program executes a specific block of code, and if it is false, it can either skip that block or execute an alternative block of code, depending on the structure of the conditional statement.

For instance, in many programming languages, an if statement is used to create a conditional. If the condition associated with the if evaluates to true, the code within its block is executed. If it is false, the execution can follow an else block or move on to evaluate the next condition if it's part of a series of if-else statements.

In contrast, a function call is used to execute a specific set of instructions defined in a function, but it does not inherently make decisions based on true/false evaluations. A loop, such as a for or while loop, is designed to repeat a set of instructions until a certain condition is no longer met, often using a Boolean expression to control how many times the loop runs, but it is not primarily used for decision-making in the same way that a conditional statement