A developer is debugging a function that categorizes a score. The code is: if score >= 90: result = 'A' elif score >= 80: result = 'B' elif score >= 70: result = 'C' else: result = 'F'. A test case with score = 85 returns 'B', which is correct. However, a test case with score = 95 returns 'A', also correct. The developer then changes the first condition to: if score > 90: result = 'A'. What happens to a score of exactly 90?

It raises an error because 90 is not covered by any condition.

It returns 'A' because the first condition is still true.

It returns 'B' because the first condition is false and the second condition score >= 80 is true.

It returns 'F' because no condition matches exactly 90.

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What is the output of the following code? ```python a = 3 b = 5 if a > 2: print('first') if b > 4: print('second') ```
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What is the output of the following code? ```python x = 5 if x == 5: print('yes') print('done') ```
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What is the output of the following code? ```python num = 10 if num > 5: if num > 15: print('large') else: print('medium') else: print('small') ```
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What is the output of the following code? ```python color = 'red' if color == 'blue': print('sky') elif color == 'red': print('fire') elif color == 'green': print('grass') ```
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A developer is debugging a function that categorizes a score. The code is: if score >= 90: result = 'A' elif score >= 80: result = 'B' elif score >= 70: result = 'C' else: result = 'F'. A test case with score = 85 returns 'B', which is correct. However, a test case with score = 95 returns 'A', also correct. The developer then changes the first condition to: if score > 90: result = 'A'. What happens to a score of exactly 90?
Select an answer first

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PCEP-30-02 2.1 Make Decisions and Branch the Flow with the If Instruction PCEP-30 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

What is the output of the following code? ```python a = 3 b = 5 if a > 2: print('first') if b > 4: print('second') ```

What is the output of the following code? ```python x = 5 if x == 5: print('yes') print('done') ```

What is the output of the following code? ```python num = 10 if num > 5: if num > 15: print('large') else: print('medium') else: print('small') ```

What is the output of the following code? ```python color = 'red' if color == 'blue': print('sky') elif color == 'red': print('fire') elif color == 'green': print('grass') ```

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