What are the values passed into a function or procedure called?

• A. Return value
• B. Arguments
• C. Output command
• D. Case statement

Answer: (B)

When you call a function or procedure, you supply values that go into it. Those values are called arguments (also known as actual parameters). They fill the function’s parameters, which are the names listed in the function definition. For example, if a function is defined as sum(a, b) and you call sum(3, 5), the numbers 3 and 5 are the arguments. The function uses those values to compute something and may return a result—the return value. The return value is the outcome produced by the function, not the values you passed in. The other options don’t fit: a return value is the result, an output command is a statement to produce output, and a case statement is a control structure for branching logic.