_______________ is the phase in looping statements that are evaluated.

The phase in looping statements that is evaluated is known as the "Condition Check" phase. Here are the steps involved in this phase:

1. Initialization: Before the loop starts, a variable (often called the loop counter) is initialized with a starting value.

2. Condition Check: This is the phase you're asking about. In this phase, a condition is evaluated. If the condition is true, the loop continues and the code inside the loop is executed. If the condition is false, the loop ends and the program continues with the code following the loop.

3. Code Execution: If the condition check phase evaluates to true, the code inside the loop is executed.

4. Update: After the code inside the loop has been executed, the loop counter is updated. This is often done by incrementing (adding 1 to) the counter.

5. The process then returns to the Condition Check phase, and these steps are repeated until the condition evaluates to false.