Question

When performing a recursion, how do you describe the act of a function calling itself?(1 point)
Responses

base case
base case

recursive case
recursive case

backward phase
backward phase

forward phase

Answer 1

The correct response is **recursive case**. This refers to the situation when a function calls itself in order to divide the problem into smaller subproblems. The **base case** is a condition under which the recursive function stops calling itself.