A developer is debugging a Python script that reads a file and processes each line. The script works on the developer's machine but fails with a `FileNotFoundError` when run on the production server. What is the most likely cause?

The script does not have permission to read the file.

The file is corrupted on the production server.

The file path is relative and the working directory differs between environments.

The script uses `open()` with the wrong mode.

A network administrator is writing a script to check the status of multiple servers. The script should stop checking as soon as it finds a server that is down. The administrator writes a loop that iterates through a list of servers and checks each one. However, the script continues checking all servers even after finding one that is down. Which control structure modification would fix this?

Add a `break` statement after detecting a down server.

Use a `while` loop instead of a `for` loop.

Change the loop condition to check only the first server.

Add a `continue` statement after detecting a down server.

A firewall rule should allow a packet if it is from the trusted subnet (trusted = True) OR if it is from the VPN (vpn = True). However, the rule should NOT allow packets that are both from the trusted subnet and marked as suspicious (suspicious = True). Which boolean expression correctly implements this?

NOT (trusted OR vpn) AND suspicious

(trusted OR vpn) OR NOT suspicious

(trusted OR vpn) AND NOT suspicious

A developer writes a Python script to read a configuration file. The code is: with open('config.txt') as f: data = f.read(). The script raises a FileNotFoundError. What is the most likely cause?

The variable 'data' is not defined

The with statement is not supported in Python

The file 'config.txt' does not exist in the current working directory

The file is opened in write mode instead of read mode

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21application · medium
A developer is debugging a Python script that reads a file and processes each line. The script works on the developer's machine but fails with a `FileNotFoundError` when run on the production server. What is the most likely cause?
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22application · medium
A network administrator is writing a script to check the status of multiple servers. The script should stop checking as soon as it finds a server that is down. The administrator writes a loop that iterates through a list of servers and checks each one. However, the script continues checking all servers even after finding one that is down. Which control structure modification would fix this?
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23application · medium
A firewall rule should allow a packet if it is from the trusted subnet (trusted = True) OR if it is from the VPN (vpn = True). However, the rule should NOT allow packets that are both from the trusted subnet and marked as suspicious (suspicious = True). Which boolean expression correctly implements this?
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24application · easy
A developer writes a Python script to read a configuration file. The code is: with open('config.txt') as f: data = f.read(). The script raises a FileNotFoundError. What is the most likely cause?
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25application · easy
A programmer is tracing through a function that calculates a discount. The function is: `def apply_discount(price, discount): return price * (1 - discount)`. The main program calls `apply_discount(100, 0.2)` and then prints the result. What is the output?
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Questions 21–25

A developer is debugging a Python script that reads a file and processes each line. The script works on the developer's machine but fails with a `FileNotFoundError` when run on the production server. What is the most likely cause?

A developer writes a Python script to read a configuration file. The code is: with open('config.txt') as f: data = f.read(). The script raises a FileNotFoundError. What is the most likely cause?

A programmer is tracing through a function that calculates a discount. The function is: `def apply_discount(price, discount): return price * (1 - discount)`. The main program calls `apply_discount(100, 0.2)` and then prints the result. What is the output?

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